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TIPS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Administrator Tip: Display symbolic output of your Umask - From the Forums: User says $99 is too much to pay for Solaris/x86 - Ask the Experts: - The Missing Link: Tech firm calls N.Y. billboard home ____________________________________________________________________ **************** SPONSORED BY: THE ARGENT GUARDIAN ***************** Real-Time Monitoring for the Enterprise Monitor and Manage Windows, UNIX, and Linux Servers with ONE SOLUTION When looking for an enterprise monitoring solution, MCP Magazine states "The product must be easy to use, have great built-in reporting tools, should be designed on a stable platform, and shouldn't cost you your first born to own...Welcome to the world of The Argent Guardian." Find out for yourself why more than 1,000 organizations rely on The Argent Guardian. Download a FREE, FULLY-FUNCTIONING demo of The Argent Guardian: http://searchSolaris.com/r/0,,6480,00.htm?argentsoftware ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY SUN DISCUSSES SOLARIS 9 FOR X86 | SearchSolaris.com After a long delay, Sun has announced plans to release a version of Solaris 9 for x86 processors. SearchSolaris.com spoke with Chris Baker, Sun's Product Manager for Solaris x86, about his company's decision to charge for the formerly free operating system and the level of support users can expect once they buy. For the complete interview, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid12_gci856285,00.html MORE INFORMATION: Are you willing to pay for a version of Solaris 9 for Intel? Is $99 too much to charge for the OS? Tell us what you think in our Solaris on Intel discussion forum. http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84c40!viewtype=&skip=&expand= Solaris/Intel users quickly losing patience with Sun http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci824217,00.html Admins want more support for Solaris on Intel http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci776511,00.html The Chris Baker interview http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid12_gci754608,00.html Administrators: Solaris on Intel saves money http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci778662,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ SUN CSO FIRES BACK AT MS CLAIMS OF OPEN-SOURCE SECURITY MYTH Public key cryptography legend and current Sun chief security officer Whitfield Diffie stood tall for the security open-source software Tuesday at the RSA Conference in Paris. Diffie's address was a response to comments made by Microsoft CTO Craig Mundie who said it is a myth that open-source software is more secure than proprietary. Diffie said enterprises are responsible for auditing code they use and that vendors like Microsoft are not likely to assume liability for their flubs. (CNET) LINUX: WILL IT EVER SMASH WINDOWS? | SearchCIO.com Linux is unlikely to dethrone Microsoft's Windows as the top desktop operating system anytime soon, but experts at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School say Linux will gradually become more attractive to users as more applications are developed for it. http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci854638,00.html SURVEY: .NET WILL OVERTAKE JAVA NEXT YEAR | InfoWorld Evans Data's latest survey of 600 North American developers found that the battle between .NET and Java for control of Web services is going to get interesting before it gets dull. The results showed that 40% of respondents are developing applications for .NET, and 51% are developing for the Java architecture. But a year from now, 63% will hit .NET while 61% will be doing the Java thing. HP WORLD: LINUX AND UNIX ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY | SearchHP.com Hewlett-Packard executives and customers tossed the L-word around a lot during the HP World user conference. SearchHP.com gets the word from Rick Becker, HP's chief technology officer of software, Industry Standard Servers, on how Linux fits into the enterprise, how it co-exists with HP's Unix business and what opportunities the merger brought. http://searchhp.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid6_gci854210,00.html The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Hardening Solaris At SearchSolaris.com we've got all the Solaris security tutorials, tips and expert advice you'll need to ensure that your systems are properly hardened. Stay tuned each day this week as we add all new Solaris security tips to our featured topic. >> For this week's Featured Topic, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci756562,00.html >> For our new collection of Solaris Security white papers, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/whitepapersByCategory/0,293837,sid12_tax292346_idx0_off10,00.html >> For a listing of our previous information-packed Featured Topics, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid12,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: CommVault ********************** NEW RELEASE OF COMMVAULT GALAXY BACKUP AND RECOVERY DELIVERS "ZERO-IMPACT" UNIX AND ORACLE DATA MANAGEMENT Running Oracle? Galaxy delivers the performance and reliability for even the largest Oracle environments. Choose among network-based, LAN free or serverless backup options. 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Learn more: http://www.commvault.com/mk/get/sponsor_ssolarisdn ____________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADMINISTRATOR TIP | Display symbolic output of your Umask Type in these commands to display the symbolic and numeric values of Umask. >> For the complete tip, CLICK: http://www.searchSolaris.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci856214,00.html >> For our complete library of Solaris Administrator Tips, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid12_tax281849_alpD_idx0,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM THE FORUMS | User says $99 is too much to pay for Solaris/x86 A SearchSolaris.com member codenamed Unixdevotee says $99 is way to much too pay for the formerly free Solaris for x86. Do you agree or disagree? To make yourself heard, click the link below and respond to this user's post in out Solaris on Intel discussion forum. >> To sound off, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84c40/233!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= >> To find out what other administrators are saying about Sun's plan to charge for the OS, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84c40!viewtype=&skip=&expand= >> Start your own conversation in one of the SearchSolaris.com discussion forums! CLICK: http://searchsolaris.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@/searchsolaris =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | Tech firm calls N.Y. billboard home A California-based company is on the cutting ledge of Web conferencing technology. Yes, ledge. PlaceWare Inc. has placed a few employees in a highly visible "office" -- along the ledge of a billboard that overlooks New York's Times Square. A publicity stunt? Of course. Will it make you look? Oh yeah. (SearchCIO.com) >> CLICK: http://www.searchCIO.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci856111,00.html >> To view our complete collection of offbeat tales from the world of information technology, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax292504,00.html ********************************************************************* Do you find this email useful? 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