Windows Archive

"So, what do I think of Windows 2003 Server? Well, I feel that Microsoft has hit a home run. During my corporation’s evaluation of Windows 2003 Server, we have found that the benefits are extremely enticing. We will not be suggesting this to all of our customers for a few months, but we will start to roll it out immediately." Read the review at ActiveWin.

Microsoft says that the release of Windows Server 2003 and a 64-bit SQL Server proves it can compete with Unix vendors in datacentre computing. But analysts say that the products will appeal mainly to NT4 users looking to move to newer versions. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer today launches software that the company says builds on three years experience with its first datacentre product, Windows Server 2000.

In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows. Our Take: I believe that this article doesn't have all its facts right and it is just an overreaction. Windows currently has three big families (XP, Server and embedded -- code-wise makes sense to be different as they serve different purposes), but the sub-versions for these families are not all that different, hence there is no real fragmentation, but merely, customization (with compatibility tightly kept firm) in order to have different price ranges and attract more customers.

The introduction of Windows Server 2003 may well be a watershed for business computing, but uptake may be slow.

As expected, yesterday Microsoft announced that the company is renaming its .NET Enterprise Servers to the Windows Server System, in keeping with previously announced plans to drop the .NET moniker from most of its product names. Additionally, the released the adminpak, which allows administrators to install the Windows Server 2003 management tools onto a Windows XP Pro or Windows Server 2003 family machines to perform remote server management functions.

With Windows Server 2003 development coming to a close earlier this year, Paul Thurrott had the chance to sit down with Brian Valentine, Senior Vice President of the Windows team at Microsoft, and discuss the company's most complex and customer-driven Windows Server version ever.

For more information and screen shots for this newly... leaked alpha version of the next generation of Windows, codenamed Longhorn, check WinBeta.org.

"Sure, Microsoft has its own table comparing the various Windows Server 2003 editions, but that version is incomplete, hard to read, and poorly organized, especially if you're interested in the features that are specific to the 64-bit editions of this product family. So here is my own comparative table, which I think you'll find to be much more readable." Check it out over at WinSuperSite.

Microsoft plans to deliver two specialized versions of its Windows operating system software for AMDs' forthcoming 64-bit processors. Full announcement here.

Tests of final code show Microsoft's latest operating system is appreciably faster than its predecessor.

"Long-awaited OS a strong performer with good scalability" InfoWorld states in their 3-page review.

The Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) version 3.0 for Windows 2000-SP3/XP/Server-2003 contains the tools and documentation you need to design, deploy, and support applications on these platforms.

Check out the top five reasons for moving to Windows 2000 or XP, and find out what you need to do if you decide to make the change. The article is at ZDNet's TechUpdate.

Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003. Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 is optimized to enable customers to take advantage of the performance enhancements in the Intel Itanium 2 processor.