Today's News: Gates spills thoughts on Longhorn dilemma

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Published by SearchWin2000.com   September 03, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  SearchWindowsSecurity.com: Sign up for the Windows Security Advisor newsletter  Top News of the Week  >>  Ballmer in Boston, savings on MOM, new Group Policy settings SPONSORED BY: SearchWindowsSecurity.com Receive in-depth technical articles, expert advice and the latest news about Windows security techniques, tools and best practices, delivered Tuesday through Thursday from SearchWindowsSecurity.com. Subscribe today!  Headline  Gates spills thoughts on Longhorn dilemma By John Hogan, Senior News Editor If the pessimist sees the glass half empty and the optimist sees it half full, what do we make of Bill Gates seeing his Longhorn glass three-quarters full? In an interview after Microsoft laid the ground work for what will -- and won't -- be in the next version of the Windows client, the software maker's chairman said the decision to hold the ambitious new file store out of Longhorn was a logical choice. Inclusion of WinFS in the Longhorn client would have pushed that release well into 2007, he said, which would have then delayed Longhorn server. Thus, a tradeoff was born. Click here to read more about the Longhorn tradeoff, as well as for a wrap-up of the rest of the week's Windows news. More on this topic: >  Microsoft CEO leaves Linux out of industry kudos >  XP refresh gives rise to plethora of Group Policy settings >  Keeping remote workers connected >  Get-tough network policies now the norm >  Change in pricing policy should lower MOM's cost  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   Chapter of the Week: 'Creating a fault-tolerant environment' The key to achieving higher availability is creating a solid, fault-tolerant environment. In this chapter, from the book "Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Insider Solutions," by Rand Morimoto et al, learn how to make full use of Volume Shadow Copy, optimize disk management for fault tolerance, leverage network load balancing and many other important steps to avoid downtime. Featured Topic: Gold, silver or bronze? Our readers were the judges, and our content, the competition. Where did your favorite article place in the 'page view' Olympics? Don't miss the title holders for top 10 of 2004. Roberta Bragg's 10 Windows hardening tips in 10 minutes Roberta Bragg explains how to think proactively about Windows security and offers 10 things to do right now to harden your Windows systems. All 10 tips are excerpted from Chapter 1 of her book "Hardening Windows systems." TRUE IT BLOOPERS Oops! True IT Blooper #150: M is the loneliest letter PDAs have become the little black books of the new millennium. But what does it mean when your contact list comes up empty? Here is support technician M.C.'s first-hand recount of a what happened when a Grizzly-sized Managing Director had that happen to him.  Vent!  Did Microsoft do the right thing by eliminating WinFS from the Longhorn client? Take our latest poll and sound off. Member Surveys Enter your e-mail and start receiving Member Surveys. E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   Contact Us   SENIOR 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 SALES MANAGER Mike Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter.   A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R Contact us: SearchWin2000 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-118&ad=490925 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.