Re:VMware May Be Microsoft’s Top Rival After Google
by gaius on Monday August 31, 2009 @04:45AM
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People are realizing that. Why do you need a Windows file server when a NetApp speaks CIFS? You would need some sort of storage array anyway!
Even these days, an awful lot of Windows servers are doing exactly what Netware was doing before them, file and print serving. MS obviously recognize this with the new Server Core Edition. But printers are first-class citizens too now, many of them don't need a server, they just plug directly into the network, run their own admin app over HTTP...
Even these days, an awful lot of Windows servers are doing exactly what Netware was doing before them, file and print serving. MS obviously recognize this with the new Server Core Edition. But printers are first-class citizens too now, many of them don't need a server, they just plug directly into the network, run their own admin app over HTTP...