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. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
