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• NetBSD adds support for SFU/Interix to its Packages tools

  See this OSNews.com report . The cool thing - over time, more and more packages can be easily downloaded, built and installed for SFU with one simple command. Read More... Posted Sunday, March 14, 2004 2:36 PM by jdzions | (Comments Off) Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• Migrating to Linux is far more expensive than expected

  Just read an article about the experience the City of Munich is having in migrating from Windows to Linux. Apparently, the migration project has run into some serious snags and cost overruns in the areas of secuity, compatibility, and stability. They're Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:42 PM by jdzions | 9 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• "Essentials of Windows for UNIX developers" on-line course goes live!

  When discussing with CIOs and IT directors the idea of adding Windows to the set of platforms for which they develop custom line-of-business apps, one of the most common questions I hear is this: “I've got a team of 50 (or 150, or...) UNIX developers Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2004 4:11 PM by jdzions | 1 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• Four new UNIX Solution guides released

  Last Friday my team released the last of four guides planned to release by the end of 2003. (Hey, only a one-month slip isn't bad!) That brings the total number of guides in the area of UNIX migration and interop to 8. See the set of links at the left Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 5:24 PM by jdzions | 2 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• Microsoft releases Solution Guide for integrating Unix systems with Windows for Authentication and Authorization

  As promised two weeks back, we finally got this out the door last week. Sorry I'm so late in letting everyone know; it's been a week of getting myself dug out from a sudden, unexpected trip to Boston and then to New York for LinuxWorld. Solution Guide Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 5:02 PM by jdzions | 2 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• 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

• 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

• 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