“You might still be wrestling with your Windows 2000 deployment. You don’t have the time or inclination to consider a migration to Windows .NET Server (Win.NET Server). But you might want to take a moment to see what Win.NET Server has to offer: Although Win.NET Server isn’t a momentous release, as Win2K was, it offers some serious new features and significant improvements that smooth out some of Win2K’s rough edges. The complete list of Win.NET Server’s new and improved features is long, but the product’s key infrastructure improvements—such as Active Directory (AD) modifications—can present compelling business reasons to consider the new platform.” Read the exclusive report on the next major Widnows version at WinNetMag.
What’s New and What’s Improved in Windows .NET Server?
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Eugenia Loli
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Does this mean that there will be Windows .NET workstation, home edition, and Pro edition?
Umm, yeah…it’s called Windows XP
WinXP doesn’t even run .NET without installing the runtime.
it isn’t built in yet.
your ignorance is amusing
>>WinXP doesn’t even run .NET without installing the runtime.<<
That is true…and will be fixed with SP1 or XP SE, however the OS version Number – fo both XP and .Net just so happens to be Windows (NT) Version 5.1. The only difference is the build number (which would change with a service pack or upgrade to XP). As I’m sure you know, the .Net Services framework was finalized AFTER the release of Windows XP.
>>your ignorance is amusing<<
And yours even more so. Imagine confusing .Net SERVICES with the Windows XP / .Net OPERATING SYSTEM.
>confusing .Net SERVICES with the Windows XP / .Net OPERATING SYSTEM.
didn’t you just confuse it in the previous post??
How much does IT cost? does the m$ liesense allow me to install IT on any # of servers?
what happens if i decide IT sucks? can i report IT on my m$WebPage? or will billy revoke my m$ liesense. yikes. IT’s getting so http://www.trustworthycomputing.com>FUDged now.
fud on eugenia.
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How is Eugenia “fudding”? If you want mindless MS bashing, go to slashdot. This is OS news, not Linux (or any other OS) news. I want to know what is going on in ALL camps, not hide away in my little cocoon, insulated from other viewpoints.
If you notice, the story post was a QUOTE from the magazine article, not an editorial comment by Eugenia.
As a FreeBSD & OpenBSD guy myself, I probrably won’t use Windows .NET, but still want to know how it is different from Win2K.
Sorry, but this nonsense every time Windows is mentioned really bothers me. Good job as usual, Eugenia.
"Sorry, but this nonsense every time Windows is mentioned really bothers me. Good job as usual, Eugenia."
I definitely agree. I come here to see what is going on with operating systems in general.
I don’t need or want to see Slashdot-like spillage here.
I personally use Windows 2000, as well as Linux and FreeBSD at home, plus I use Solaris at work.
News about operating systems is needed, but without all the open source “bible thumping” that occurs all too often.
I run Windows at work and at home… hmmm, imagine that
. Of course those of you who know me know that I harbor a barely concealed lust for a Titanium PowerBook.
Felonious HiddenbottomUmm, yeah…it’s called Windows XP
Felonious is 100% correct on this one. The reason that the .NET runtime doesn’t ship in WinXP today is:
1) They wanted to get it out faster, and the .NET runtime wasn’t done by the time WinXP was ready to ship
2) There really is no compelling reason (yet) to have the client bits installed.
.NET Services do not require .NET client bits to be installed, necessarily. Most are XML[SOAP] based, and operated purely on a post-back basis.
The long and the short of it is that there really aren’t a whole bunch of usefull .NET/CLR based client apps out there yet, and WinXP has all the client software it needs to be able to take full advantage of .NET Services (e.g. Internet Explorer 6).
Where do I go to download the runtime for .NET services? I want to install it on my Windows XP installation.
>>didn’t you just confuse it in the previous post??<<
Umm, No I don’t think I did. Perhaps it is you who is confused by the use of one terms to describe 2 different things.
I’m pretty sure that Windows .NET is only in beta testing now, I read it before on OSnews
>>I’m pretty sure that Windows .NET is only in beta testing now, I read it before on OSnews<<
That is correct. That doen’t change the fact that it’s offical version number is the same as XP’s – Windows (NT) version 5.1. Only the build number will be different. Essentially, the OS is done, and they are working the bugs out of the new tools and features.
there is a program which makes the .Net-beta behave like Xp – it even unlocks Xp-features which are “unavailable” in .Net
Read about NtSwitch <A HREF=”http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/24566.html“>here
Where can I get that program? I would klike to have it.