Microsoft Cuts Price on Unix Interoperability Product

And the press release to manufacturing this week, Microsoft services for UNIX 3.0, Microsoft disclosed a substantial reduction of the price of Windows - Unix interoperability tools.

5.40 usual trend, charges more for the new version of the software, Microsoft, but would choose the equivalent of 60% of the price cuts.

SFU 3.0 will cost 100 yuan, it may become at the end of the second quarter, Microsoft said. Spacecraft 2.0 costs 150 yuan, but composed of two spacecraft Spacecraft 3.0 and 2.0 product formerly known as Microsoft interix, to increase the retail price of 100 yuan. In a certain sense, it cut prices from 250 yuan to 100 yuan price.

"We feel that we have a very competitive prices to the solution," Doug said, the Director of Unix migration strategy for Microsoft.

SFU 3.0 provides a complete set of Unix subsystem running on the Windows kernel, allowing UNIX applications running in the Windows environment. The product also includes more than 300 Unix utilities and the most popular UNIX shells of the Unix command line management of the Windows platform.

The subsystem running UNIX applications from Microsoft interix 2.2, a product that Microsoft acquired from softway system in 1999.

Outside combination of spacecraft and space vehicles interix 3.0, Microsoft has strengthened its other functions.

More closely integrated with the Unix and Windows tools. "From the Windows environment, you can fire a well-off Unix commands from the Unix shell, you can disable the Windows command fire from interix it, but Win32, interix not always know," Miller said.

Microsofts built-in support and NFS protocols and Nis, Microsoft "Wolves" failover cluster. "This will let you use a framework, windows, a large, primary file server and directory server. Assuming you have done that, you may want to have a second cold storage on the server, "Miller said.

Manageability tools, including better password synchronization management, and has joined or enhanced. NFS has been adjusted for the performance of the Windows environment. Support has been added for Windows XP Professional Edition and Windows. NET Server, which is not expected to ship until 2003. "At this point, we do not see any issue, and support Windows. NET Server, "Miller said.

Microsofts major marketing activities and tools in the Unix migration to Windows 2000, but said IDC analyst Dan kusnetzky tools constitute a very strong run, to help enterprises cope with both Windows servers and Unix systems and application software would not give up as long as they work.

"This is a hidden story, Microsoft, they have a Unix interoperability story, which is obviously superior to them, so that people know," kusnetzky said.

At the same time, kusnetzky argued that Microsoft may have the opportunity to co-opt some of the momentum of Linux and capabilities and low price point of spacecraft 3.0.

"If customers in the issue of a large number of professional knowledge, Windows 2000, and a lot of people in the field deployment of independent Linux systems, the combination of this might be a good target for Microsofts technology," kusnetzky said.

In kusnetzky circumstances, an organization can run Apache, Perl scripting, Python or something else, is that they want to bring in the Linux 3.0 interix part spacecraft together with the existing, not fully Windows 2000 server. Under such circumstances, companies can use their existing Windows 2000 management skills to manage applications, users have to run on Linux.

"This will enable Microsoft in the market that has never used the word Linux or GPL," kusnetzky said.

Microsoft Miller confirmed that the spacecraft interix part of Linux 3.0 can run in Windows application software, but he refused to disclose will be involved in the discussions.

"In fact, we have seen a bit of a rebound," Miller once said. "Linux is a thing, it looks interesting frontline, but there are no good enterprise-level management tools, we actually see a lot of Linux to Windows case study."