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Page 34 PHOTO BY GEOFF MANASSE FEATURES 40 Longhorn: Is Allchin’s Baby Worth the Wait? 12 TechWatch Don Jones takes a look at the new features that will be included in the Microsoft feeds RSS to Longhorn. new Windows operating system, slated for release in late 2006. 43 Make Room for Linux COLUMNS As Linux applications grow in 4 Chief Concerns: popularity, Windows admins Doug Barney will need to start incorporating Why I Bought them into their networks. Here a Mac are five ways to do that. Page 43 23 Beta Man: Don Jones 49 How NOT to Design Active Directory At Long Last: SQL Server 2005 Learn how to do Active Directory design right from these Page 49 real-world case studies of those who have done it wrong. 55 Windows Insider: Bill Boswell Data Protection Manager REVIEWS 60 Security Advisor: 15 Virtual Idol 25 Your Turn Joern Wettern VMware puts on a stellar LCS 2005: Business- The State of Biometric virtualization performance with its Authentication latest version of Workstation. 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