December
1999
News
- US
Army retreats
- MS
Win CE terminal
- MSX
2000 as Killer App
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US
Army retreats from Windows NT
The US Army has retreated
from Windows NT on the hosting server of its web-site and deployed MacOS
because it believes it to be more secure from cyber terrorists. It will
use a Macintosh system running the WebStar webserver from StarNine Technologies.
The reason for choosing MacOs is because it does not have a command shell
and does not enable remote logins.
MS
Windows CE as data collection terminal
MS Windows CE is beginning
to gain momentum in the data collection terminal business, but adoption
of the platform as a general purpose client is limited. It is facing major
challenges from Palm, Psion, HP & Casio. LG Electronics and Philips
have withdrawn from the market. Ericsson have abandoned CE to replace it
with the Symbian EPOC O/S. The question this raises is which platform will
dominate the executive lite-portable market and which will dominate the
personal organiser market?
MS
Exchange 2000 as "Killer" Application
MS Exchange 2000 is
emerging as the "killer" application for Windows 2000 and Active
Directory. MS enters the next millennium with an enormous and new problem
- legacy systems. This is one of the problems that caused IBM to decline
- it could not carry all of the baggage and keep moving forward as fast
as the fleet of foot newcomers. Now IBM itself is considered a newcomer!!!
Shorties
- Dell is under
pressure to deliver. It is described as arrogant and is failing its
customers. Is it becoming another MS?
- SUN will make
its Solaris source code available for developers. This is a major offensive
on MS & Linux.
- "If
you're doing something small its alright [to use distributed servers],
but if you're doing something large its like ploughing a field with
1000 chickens instead of oxen"
Gene Amdahl
- Meta directories
are finding a role in the IT infrastructure - Novell, MS and
SUN Netscape are all contenders in this space.
- NHS have dropped
Firewall-1 for the Gnat Box. The reasons given are substantially reduced
TCO by simpler management.
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