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IP: HACK TURNS NT WORKSTATION INTO NT SERVER
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 10:05:56 -0400
the following is unverified by me ... Dave Farber =========================================== From:Netsurfer Digest: Vol. 02, #29 9-13-96 ============================================ HACK TURNS NT WORKSTATION INTO NT SERVER This is a juicy bit of investigative hacking on the part of the folks at O'Reilly, the indispensable technical publisher and originator of GNN. It seems that by setting two values in the Windows Registry you can turn an NT Workstation operating system into the much more expensive and capable Windows NT Server. This flies in the face of Microsoft claims that the two are very different pieces of software. They are not. It's the same software with a switch of configurations for control features and performance. Is Microsoft guilty of foul mendacity, or are they just sharp business competitors? You judge. It makes for fun reading, especially the jingoistic and detailed hack article. Expect to see the already written reconfiguration utilities on the Net any day now, even though they do violate Microsoft licenses. The Story: <URL:http://www.pcweek.com/news/0902/06ent.html> The Hack: <URL:http://software.ora.com/news/ms_internet_andrews.html> The Rebuttal: <URL:http://www.zdnet.com/uk/news/ns-322.html>
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