NetFlash: Microsoft open source exec: Not the loneliest guy in Redmond

NetFlash: Microsoft open source exec: Not the loneliest guy in
Redmond
08/11/05

In this issue:

* Microsoft open source exec: Not the loneliest guy in Redmond
* Blog readers younger, richer than average Web surfer
* 3Com CTO spells out strategy
* Scottish police pick Windows in software line-up
* Today on Layer 8
* Links related to NetFlash
* Featured reader resource
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What is hype and has it influenced your network security
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NETFLASH: BREAKING NEWS FROM NETWORKWORLD.COM

By Sheryl Hodge

The name Microsoft still engenders boos and moans from the crowd
at LinuxWorld, but increasingly open source advocates and
Microsoft executives recognize the need for the two camps to
play nicely. To that end, Microsoft hired Bill Hilf, an open
source industry veteran to help it chart its strategy in the
choppy open source waters. Hilf, director for Microsoft's
platform technology strategy organization, is leading a
technical session at LinuxWorld - a first for Microsoft - that
focuses on managing Linux in a mixed environment. Network World
Senior Editor Jennifer Mears sat down with Hilf at the show to
hear about Microsoft's Linux/open source software lab and where
the software giant sees the industry heading.
Microsoft open source exec: Not the loneliest guy in Redmond
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4943>

For more on Hilf's technical session, and other show tidbits,
check out LinuxWorld: Reporter's notebook
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4944>

For more LinuxWorld news:
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4763>

Blog readers younger, richer than average Web surfer

Good news for Weblog publishers with aspirations of making money
off their sites - compared to the average Internet user,
visitors to Weblogs, or blogs, tend to be younger and to belong
to a wealthier household, a study has found.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4945>

3Com CTO spells out strategy

3Com acquired intrusion prevention leader TippingPoint
Technologies in December 2004 and last month installed
TippingPoint CTO Marc Willebeek-LeMair as CTO for the entire
company. Willebeek-LeMair recently talked with Network World
Senior Editor Phil Hochmuth about moving from the CTO post of a
former start-up with 105 employees and $5 million in sales to a
$700 million company with a workforce 20 times greater.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4946>

Scottish police pick Windows in software line-up

The Central Scotland Police has made a decision to switch from
Sun's StarOffice to Microsoft's Office. They say it's not based
on any ideological argument about open source software, but
rather all about business needs, lower maintenance costs and the
need to interoperate more smoothly with other departments
running Windows.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4947>

Today on Layer 8, currently stuck in second gear:

IE7 plays catch-up to rivals; man dies after 49-hour gaming
binge; how the sexes view the Web differently; and why stealing
Segways is a waste of time; all this and more at your home for
not-just-networking news.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Microsoft open source exec: Not the loneliest guy in Redmond
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4854>

2. EMC announces surveillance management application
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/080905-emc.html?t5>

3. DKIM fights phishing and e-mail forgery
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4855>

4. Microsoft fixes Print Spooler, Plug and Play flaw
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4856>

5. Sprint, Nextel expect to finish merger Friday
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetflash4857>
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Sheryl Hodge is the Senior Online Copy Chief for Network World
Fusion. She can be reached at <mailto:shodge@nww.com>
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to the threat of those USB memory sticks, this Network World
Executive Guide will help you stay focused on the moving target
that is Storage. Register now and get a free copy of Network
World's Storage Executive Guide.
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