Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 16th Sep 2009 22:03 UTC
Windows While we often focus on the desktop offerings from Microsoft, the company of course also plays a role in countless other markets. The most prominent of those is probably the server market, where Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 are now facing a number of support changes - important stuff if you manage Windows servers. The biggest news? There will be no third service pack for Windows Server 2003.
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RE: Sky will not fall
by gilboa on Thu 17th Sep 2009 13:04 UTC in reply to "Sky will not fall"
gilboa
Member since:
2005-07-06

... I'm still using Windows for a couple of mission (rest was moved to Linux).

Never the less, there's an inherent risk in using an old Windows release - especially if the said machine is connected (by any means) to insecure network.

... I'd consider converting your exchange server to VM and run in in a secure environment. (E.g. ESX, RHEL 5.4/KVM, etc)

- Gilboa

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RE[2]: Sky will not fall
by TObYv on Thu 17th Sep 2009 13:58 in reply to "RE: Sky will not fall"
TObYv Member since:
2008-08-25

Not my job fortunately! I understand we have been stuck with them because the lease (!) has not expired on the machines, which are dual-processor Pentium IIs, built like tanks.

The hardware is strong, but the software, weak. ;)

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RE[3]: Sky will not fall
by gilboa on Thu 17th Sep 2009 14:47 in reply to "RE[2]: Sky will not fall"
gilboa Member since:
2005-07-06

Actually, IMHO, Windows 2K was MS' best OS.

- Gilboa

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