Today's News: Who's afraid of Microsoft?

[SearchWin2000]

Title: Windows Week that Was

A newsletter published by TechTarget   October 03, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  SHARE: SHARE's IBM-Windows User Training Comes to Long Beach this February >>  SearchWin2000.com: Security Solutions / SearchWin2000.com Product and Vendor Guide  Top News of the Week  >>  Bullish budget guys and the sweet smell of profit SPONSORED BY: SHARE SHARE's IBM-Windows User Training Comes to Long Beach this February Join hundreds of other IBM enterprise-class Windows computing professionals in Long Beach for the most comprehensive user-run technical product training available. This multi-discipline mega training event will feature 700+ hours of technical education, on-site seminars, hands-on labs, an 80 vendor product/service expo, and countless professional networking opportunities. Register today for greatest savings!  Week In Review  Who's afraid of Microsoft? by John Hogan, News Editor The fallout -- and intrigue -- generated by a research report critical of Microsoft continues. While not exactly the Pentagon Papers, a high-tech trade group's scathing indictment of a software "monoculture" dominated by Windows cost the lead author his job and created an industry buzz that has yet to die down. The central point of the report, issued by the Computer & Communications Industry Association was that IT systems will never be secure if governments allow Microsoft to maintain a stranglehold on the market for operating system software. Slamming Microsoft proved to be a quixotic quest for Dan Geer, the chief technology officer for security consultancy AtStake. Read more of John Hogan's comments on the fear of Microsoft and other important news stories of the week. More on this topic: >  Microsoft official rebuts Windows report >  Microsoft: Software's gentler giant? >  Massachusetts budget czar bullish on open-source >  Microsoft moves beyond patches >  Reuters reaches IM deal with Microsoft SPONSORED BY: SearchWin2000.com If you're looking for security solutions, then be sure to visit our new SearchWin2000.com Product and Vendor Guide. This guide covers a wide range of areas for you to thoroughly research including "anti-virus solutions," "network security," "firewalls" and much more. Click here to browse the product and vendor guide.  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Chapter of the Week: Tuning Windows XP Professional This chapter from Windows XP Professional: The Complete Reference by Guy Hart-Davis discusses tools in Windows XP Professional that help you manage events, log crashes and monitor and improve the performance of the operating system. It covers using Event Viewer, Dr. Watson, Task Manager and the Performance Tool. It also covers how to create, change and delete environment variables. IT Toolkit: XP Professional deployment options Windows XP Professional has some nice new features, not the least of which is a smooth upgrade process. However, in the business enterprise there is never a substitute for proper planning and testing. Check out this article by SearchWin2000.com resident expert Paul Hinsberg for things to consider before moving forward. Learning Guide: Planning for Active Directory Active Directory is one of the most important new Windows technologies, but it is also one of the most complex. Check out this Active Directory Learning Guide and get up to speed on everything AD. TRUE IT BLOOPERS True IT Blooper #115: Kicking the bit bucket In this blooper, a wiley IT prankster nearly kicks the bucket after he combines keypunch chaff, a Styrofoam cup and unwitting college kids. Have a blooper of your own? Send us your wackiest IT stories. Submit your blooper!  Vent!  Take our member poll How do you feel about the firing of Dan Geer, the security expert who co-authored a report critical of Microsoft? Click here to vote! FREE EMAIL SERVICES! Enter your e-mail and start receiving White Paper Alerts. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   Contact Us   NEWS EDITOR John Hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. SENIOR SITE EDITOR Marilyn Cohodas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles and best practices. SITE EDITOR Catherine Ketcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your bloopers and Featured Topic ideas. SENIOR NEWS WRITER Margie Semilof [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news and story ideas. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Christine Polewarczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your ideas for webcasts and discussion day topics. ASSISTANT EDITOR Will Hurwitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your favorite Web sites and white papers. A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. Copyright 2003 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Windows Week that Was":   -  Reply to this e-mail with REMOVE in the Subject line OR   -  Go to unsubscribe and enter your e-mail address to cancel your subscription Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.