"Whereas Vista has been a PR disaster, it is unlikely that its cousin
Server 2008 will meet the same fate. There are solid improvements over
the predecessor Server 2003, including IIS 7.0, granular installation,
improved terminal services, the Server Core, command-line control, and
changes to Active Directory. Hyper-V is nicely done, and although it is
nothing special in relation to competing products from VMWare and
others, its integration and neat tools will win users when it comes out
of beta."

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