Is it time to bring out that 1987 quote about re-inventing unix?
Cheers, Carl. On 10/05/06, Steve Brorens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Some interesting developments on 'the other side'... POWERSHELL (aka Monad, MSH) - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell for an intro. Very strong *nix flavour, and Exchange12 administration GUI's will be built upon this - ie the CLI comes first, and the GUI sits on top in classic *nix fashion. Beta versions can be downloaded and played with now - it won't be shipped for a while yet (it's not in Vista) UNIX IN WINDOWS - Windows Server 2003 now ships with a full Unix sub-system, including gcc and tons of other GNU and GPL stuff: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/unixcomponents/webinstall. mspx#EKB LINUX LAB - http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/aug05/08-10OpenSourceLa b.mspx PORT25 - http://port25.technet.com "...people, insights, and analysis from the Microsoft Open Source Software Lab" LINUX CONFERENCES - 'Softie giving a keynote at Linuxworld - http://www.idgworldexpo.com/download/bh.mp3 WINDOWLESS WINDOWS - The next version of Windows Server (Longhorn) will have a GUI-less version, aimed at the same people who run their *nix systems X11-less, called "Server Core" see: http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en -us/Srvcore/srvcore/portal.asp So, quite different approach from the rants and antagonism of the past. My reading is that they've now got lots people on board with strong *nix backgrounds and are pushing really hard to capture the big Unix sites, before they all go Linux. Most of this stuff is quite foreign to the normal Windows user/administrator, but potentially re-assuring to Unix admins. - steve ========================================================= This e-mail has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by CommArc Cube Server
