____/ Linonut on Thursday 28 February 2008 17:46 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Windows Server 2008 catching up with Linux
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Windows Server 2008 will never be Linux. And it's not likely to woo Linux
>>| users away from open source anytime soon.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| "There's an anti-Microsoft bias in Unixland," Gillen said. "The more
>>| Microsoft continues to erase objections [with features like PowerShell and
>>| Server Core], the harder it is to make the argument that Windows doesn't
>>| meet their needs."
>> `----
>>
>>
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1302564,00.html
>
> It's all in the licensing, isn't it, though?
>
> But, for now:
>
> Similarly, Windows Server 2008's PowerShell fills its predecessor's
> scripting gap, automating routine tasks and enabling users to write
> scripts to build servers without answering questions each time, which
> is especially helpful for remote or blind installs. "PowerShell is
> one of the biggest improvements," Voce said. "It will be the
> foundation for many Microsoft management tools going forward . . .
> and will tie together and automate tasks like user or virtual server
> provisioning."
>
> Microsoft -- "Wait for us! We're the leaders!"
>
>> "Consultants: These guys are your best bets as moderators. Get a well-known
>> consultant on your side early, but don?t let him publish anything blatantly
>> pro-Microsoft. Then, get him to propose himself to the conference organizers
>> as a moderator, whenever a panel opportunity comes up. Since he?s
>> well-known, but apparently independent, he?ll be accepted - one less thing
>> for the constantly-overworked conference organizer to worry about, right?"
>>
>> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
>
>>
>> NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
>
> Good ol' Rob Enderle!
>
> Since the Times can't follow its own policy, it should come as no
> surprise that other publications have shunned the Gray Lady as a
> standards setter. Rob Enderle this week made it into 51 stories - and
> counting - about Microsoft. ComputerWorld, InformationWeek, PC World,
> MarketWatch and InternetNews.com all quoted the analyst without ever
> touching on his relationship with Microsoft.
Some publications still do this (ECT for starters). Some appear to have gotten
the embargo going. It's insane.
--
~~ Best of wishes
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someone, there isn’t much reason to get all worked up about it and angry. You
just pull the trigger. Any discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need
to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger."
--Jim Allchin, Platform Group Vice President
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