whats the deal with LDAP? that is the feature everybody seems most
enthralled about...
what does it entail???
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lug-nuts@cheapnet.net [mailto:owner-lug-nuts@cheapnet.net]On
> Behalf Of Brian Lavender
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:32 AM
> To: Lug Nuts
> Subject: [Lug-Nuts] Windows 2000
>
>
> I just went to the windows 2000 exposition at Memorial Auditorium. Bill
> is looking a little worn from the criticism befalling Microsoft and it
> looks as if MS is struggling to keep up with the rapid development of the
> net.
>
> I don't see anything in Windows 2000 to get all excited about. Apparently
> MS is working with Unisys, to develop systems with up to 32
> processors. Interestingly, the bus is a serious bottleneck in systems
> with multiple processor systems.
>
> If anything I got the impression that win 2k was trying to be everything,
> and it is growing quite monolithic. With proprietary Unix systems, you
> may be locked into certain flavor, but you still have the option to use
> GNU tools. It appears that with Linux, if you want a Unix type shell,
> you have to buy it. Bottom line, looks as if you are really in a box
> with win 2k.
>
> It looks as the Linux has lots o opportunity. The kerberos thing with
> windows does like like something we will want to take a look at. It also
> seems as if win 2k has made strides with Directory Services and whatever
> you would call Network Information Services. I guess it is NIS on Linux
> right?
>
> --
> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
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