August 30, 2005 5:03 PM PDT
Windows Server 2003 R2 nears completion
Microsoft said Thursday that it has reached the near-final, Release Candidate 0 (RC0) stage for Windows Server 2003 R2, an update to its server operating system. The software giant said it remains on track to release a final version of R2 in the second half of the year.
Designed as a moderate update to the operating system, R2 is a paid upgrade, but by adding features while leaving the core of the OS intact, it's designed to require less testing. The update includes improved branch office and storage management abilities and other capabilities, some of which have previously been released as feature packs. R2 is based on the core of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, which was released in March. Microsoft plans to release R2 for its standard, enterprise and datacenter editions and for both 32-bit and 64-bit x86 chips, but not for Intel's Itanium processor.
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when will they learn to enjoy the user as a customer instead of shooting the people they aim to please? they keep pushing away the average consumer by chargeing for the very things the user needs to keep useing microcraps products?!!
like makeing obsolete w98se...in trade for xp? what a joke a stable os for one thats so picky ur lucky it installs let alone runs longer than a day!
keep it up microsoft...shoot the users...then you will wonder why theres no one around for ur next big flop!
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p.s. mindless w lovers and ms sheep please respond in the only way u have been trained..
the rest of you please keep an open mind and aim for the head :)
I'm not too happy with MS for making this a "paid" upgrade either but it should be noted that the majority of systems running Windows Server 2003 also have a contract with MS that allows them to upgrade to Windows Server 2003 R2 without paying any additional fees. Since those users have contracts allowing such upgrades then the release of such an upgrade actually helps justify the contract. Of course you can also read this release as a bone thrown out just to help justify maintaining those contracts in the face of what looks to be a long wait for the next major upgrade to th server product.
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- by aabcdefghij987654321 August 30, 2005 6:17 PM PDT
- as usual micros0ft shoots feet as it tries to reach higher...
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- by aabcdefghij987654321 August 31, 2005 6:23 AM PDT
- Switch to another, I'd hate to be mistaken as you.
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(4 Comments)when will they learn to enjoy the user as a customer instead of shooting the people they aim to please? they keep pushing away the average consumer by chargeing for the very things the user needs to keep useing microcraps products?!!
like makeing obsolete w98se...in trade for xp? what a joke a stable os for one thats so picky ur lucky it installs let alone runs longer than a day!
keep it up microsoft...shoot the users...then you will wonder why theres no one around for ur next big flop!
bang bang
p.s. mindless w lovers and ms sheep please respond in the only way u have been trained..
the rest of you please keep an open mind and aim for the head :)
I'm not too happy with MS for making this a "paid" upgrade either but it should be noted that the majority of systems running Windows Server 2003 also have a contract with MS that allows them to upgrade to Windows Server 2003 R2 without paying any additional fees. Since those users have contracts allowing such upgrades then the release of such an upgrade actually helps justify the contract. Of course you can also read this release as a bone thrown out just to help justify maintaining those contracts in the face of what looks to be a long wait for the next major upgrade to th server product.