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--- Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Microsoft alternative to Cygwin...
>
> JANUARY 14, 2004 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - Microsoft Corp. tomorrow will release
> the latest version of its Unix/Windows integration software, available for
> free on the company's Web site.
> The prior incarnation of Services For Unix (SFU) listed for $99, although
> Microsoft offered deals allowing some users to get it for free.
>
> Version 3.5 features about a 50% performance improvement when tapping into
> Unix NFS (Network File System) -- making it within 10% of native Windows
> I/O, according to Dennis Oldroyd of Microsoft's server division -- and on
> eight-way clusters. Other improvements include support for Posix threading,
> meaning a new set of Unix applications can be compiled and run SFU.
>
> Oldroyd declined to say how many copies of SFU have shipped to date, but he
> said it was a "small fraction" of overall Windows server customers.
>
> Starting tomorrow, SFU 3.5 can be downloaded at
> www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/downloads/default.asp.
>
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