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Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 now Free


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/default.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/downloads/default.asp
Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 Product Overview 
Posted: January 15, 2004  
  
Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 provides a full range of cross-platform
services for blending Windows and UNIX-based environments. With Windows
Services for UNIX 3.5, IT professionals can transfer UNIX-based tools
and utilities they are already familiar with to the Windows platform and
extend the value of their UNIX applications.

A Better Business Value
Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 provides platform interoperability and
application portability components in one fully integrated and supported
product.

Benefit Better Business Value with Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 
Optimize application investments Optimize investments in UNIX
applications by reusing code to run on Windows. Get new value from
existing UNIX applications by updating UNIX code with COM and .NET
technology. 
Reduce development time Avoid having IT staffers rewrite applications
from scratch. Interix subsystem technology saves development time by
making it easy to transfer existing UNIX applications to Windows. 
Get to market faster Get to market faster and start generating new
revenue almost immediately. You can now quickly and easily make your
existing UNIX applications available on the Windows platform. 

Better IT Management
Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 lowers the total cost of ownership by
enabling you to consolidate diverse platforms rapidly.

Benefit Better IT Management with Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 
Streamline network management Reduce system administration time with
tools that centralize network management across UNIX and Windows
platforms, such as the Two-way Password Synchronization and Server for
Network Information System (NIS) components. 
Unify file sharing Unify data sharing and enable integrated,
cross-platform file systems through the Network File System (NFS)
client, server, and gateway. 
Reuse UNIX scripts Get the most out of existing UNIX network
administrator tools and skill sets. Windows Services for UNIX 3.5
provides more than 300 UNIX utilities and shells that enable you to run
existing shell scripts with little or no change on Windows. 

UNIX on Windows
The Interix subsystem technology provides a universal environment that
can run both Windows and UNIX applications on a single system. Through
Interix, you can reduce development time while making use of existing
employee skill sets.

Interix technology provides a UNIX environment that runs on top the
Windows kernel, enabling UNIX application and scripts to run natively on
the Windows platform alongside Windows applications. With this
capability, you can continue to get value out of your UNIX scripts and
applications by reusing them on Windows.

Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 also includes more than 300 UNIX utilities
and tools that behave as they would on UNIX systems, plus a software
development kit (SDK) that supports more than 1,900 UNIX APIs and
migration tools, including make, rcs, yacc, lex, cc, c89, nm, strip,
gbd, as well as the gcc, g++, and g77 compilers.
 


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