Linked by Roberto J. Dohnert on Wed 21st Jan 2004 18:55 UTC
As many of you may remember I did a review of Windows Services for UNIX 3.0 (SFU) a few months ago. I remember being frustrated with that release because it seemed to me that all Microsoft did was throw something together just to be able to say "Hey look, we have this". I thought, since Microsoft released version 3.5, I would revisit and see what changes were done with it. I downloaded the beta version a while back and from the beta I was very impressed with the improvements that Microsoft made. Being a beta version it was buggy and some things just didnt quite work. I finally got the final version of the OpenBSD-based SFU 3.5 and this release makes dynamic leaps and bounds over previous releases of this software package. I am glad to see a lot more work was put into this release.
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Hey Gil,
From what I hear, The reason why MS took that license is because according to the BSD Lawsuit, certain core components of the BSD kernels can only be shipped in Binary form. Microsft needed access to the source code, so they went ahead and took the license so that they could use it. This is what I heard, I dont know how true it is I dont know but it sounds reasonable to me. Yes they are going to incorporate UNIX functionality into Windows Server and client in the future. They are bringing back command line functionality, and they are doing this because of feedback from the Linux and UNIX communities. We will see how this plays out soon but I feel, personally that Microsft is actually making a concerted effort to cooperate and please consumers. Also, from what I hear, mind you this is rumor, that Microsft intend to do with the consumer retail version of Longhorn what they allow educational customers to do now. You get to install Windows and Office on 3 machines instead of one for non-commercial use. Business customers and Server edition licensing will not change at all. But as I said thats shop talk and the validity of that is unconfirmed. But at PDC when I asked about it they were tight lipped about licensing which makes me think they are waiting to see what happens from now until Longhorn ships, just as they are being tight lipped about what the final name will be. I asked what that was going to be as well.:)