January 2004 - Posts

• OSnews likes SFU 3.5! Bush & Clinton kiss and make up! Details and film at Eleven!

  The folks at OSnews are not exactly known for being Microsoft-friendly. Some of my colleagues have gone so far as to call them hostile. I wouldn't go that far; they just never, never give MS the benefit of the doubt. That's cool, though. Then I read this Read More... Posted Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:21 PM by jdzions | 1 Comments Filed under: Other

• Why is there no X Server in Services For Unix?

  As I've been trolling blogspace for posts on the new Services For Unix, I've noticed one question coming up more than any other: “How do I turn on the X Server in this thing?” There is no X Server in Services For Unix. “But... How can Read More... Posted Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:19 PM by jdzions | 5 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• Another techno toy to buy - gotta getta SPOT watch

  On Friday I sat through a one-hour internal talk on the SPOT technology, the new MSN Direct service the company just rolled out, and the first products built to use it - the SPOT watches from Abacus, Fossil and Suunto. Based on specs, I figured I'd need Read More... Posted Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:42 PM by jdzions | 1 Comments Filed under: Other

• Turning a Unix App into a Web Service using SFU and .NET - Part 1

  For the last couple of years, the SFU and MSUM teams have shown a demo that takes a Unix application, ports it to Windows using Services For Unix, then turns the app into a COM server and into a Web Service. I've been trying to find the time to write Read More... Posted Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:11 PM by jdzions | 1 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• Integrating Unix and Windows systems - authentication and authorization via Kerberos and LDAP

  While cruising the blogosphere to see who was saying what about the newly-released Services For Unix 3.5, I tripped across this post by Joseph Scott. It looks like one of his primary interests is setting up his FreeBSD system to pull Unix directory information Read More... Posted Saturday, January 17, 2004 1:53 AM by jdzions | 7 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• SFU 3.5 Announcement Causes Epidemic Of Rampant Paranoia

  Like most technogeeks, I have a lot of pride in the work I do. So much pride that I like to listen in on other people talking about what I've built. Sure, I'm looking for praise; I've got the outsized ego that long-time Unix guys get. But I'm also looking Read More... Posted Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:36 AM by jdzions | 5 Comments Filed under: Other

• Services For Unix 3.5 ships - and it's Free!

  I am totally stoked about seeing SFU 3.5 ship. I'm even more stoked about the price - zero. Yep, that's right, Microsoft is giving away "Services For Unix". Free as in "free beer". http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu has all the product stuff, but that's Read More... Posted Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:13 AM by jdzions | 5 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• Xbox can play Media Center PC content? Now I gotta buy a Media Center PC...

  Stan Spotts turned me on to the Xbox Media Center Extender Kit. This sucker will let you use an Xbox (up to five of them!) to watch video content recorded on a Media Center PC. Now, I've avoided the Media Center PC until now. I rolled my own PVR at home; Read More... Posted Friday, January 09, 2004 6:25 PM by jdzions | 4 Comments Filed under: Other

• Unixfolks Anonymous

  Unix? At Microsoft? Who could possibly do that? Read More... Posted Friday, January 09, 2004 5:00 PM by jdzions | 5 Comments Filed under: Other