[Am-info] M$ plugs away......

[Fred A. Miller]

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REDMOND, Wash.--Microsoft plans to accompany the release of a=20
future version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, with versions of=20
Office, Exchange, and Visual Studio based on database technology=20
under development.=20

During a series of technical and financial presentations to=20
reporters and analysts here this week, Microsoft execs confirmed=20
that the Longhorn version of the Windows client and server--due=20
several years from now--will use as its file system database=20
technology slated for inclusion in the next version of SQL=20
Server, code-named Yukon. The upcoming version of SQL Server will=20
store documents, E-mail, multimedia files, and relational data in=20
a common data store, in XML format.=20

Later this decade, that data store will buttress Microsoft=20
Windows and Exchange. Instead of users dropping documents and=20
messages into folders to organize them, then having to memorize=20
their systems, Windows Longhorn could tag documents or digital=20
photos with XML metadata that lets users quickly reorganize files=20
in different groups according to content. Microsoft chairman Bill=20
Gates says that future versions of Office, MSN, Visual Studio,=20
and Exchange shipping around the same time as Longhorn will pass=20
these benefits on to customers. - Aaron Ricadela

Read the whole story at:
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeIF70Bce7K0Cks0Bftx0As


** Microsoft Plugs Products, Part II

Microsoft has published patches for a flurry of security=20
vulnerabilities residing within SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server,=20
and Metadirectory Services 2.2. The company gave the flaw in SQL=20
Server 2000 a "critical" rating. The others it considers=20
"moderate."

SQL Server actually has multiple flaws. One is in a feature that=20
enables a single server to run concurrent sessions of the=20
database and makes it possible for attackers to launch=20
denial-of-service attacks. Two other SQL flaws are buffer=20
overflows, making it possible for attackers to crash the server=20
and add an application of their choice to the database.

Patches for the critical flaw in SQL Server, as well as the flaws=20
in Exchange Server and Metadirectory, can be found at=20
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeIF70Bce7K0Cks0NU30Ai =
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- - George V. Hulme

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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