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To: ericneu who wrote (9241)	7/15/1998 10:01:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Thank you Eric for all this information. Your idea of a Directory Service and my idea of a Directory Service are completely different. You, like MSFT dont know what a real DS can and must do. I have a white-paper that compares the capabilities / limitations of Active Directory with NDS. Sorry, although Active Directory will solve quite a few of the nightmares of current Domains, its still based on Domains! NOVL followed this road of patching up Bindery Services with NNS several years ago before they finally realized that it just wont stand up to true enterprise demands. It's MSFT's turn to learn this lesson. END OF STORY ON THAT ONE! Active Directory guarenteed to be in NT5? Well it might be in the betas now but if they cannot get it to meet the expectations of the industry and work cleanly, then it can just as easily be pulled out on the initial release. You cannot guarentee anything in NT5 will be there on its release. Even the big decision-makers at MSFT havent a clue yet what will be in and what will be pulled out of NT5. Its still 1 year away from release. I would like to now how you would know this for sure. I told you where I got my facts - Aberdeen Group in Boston stated this to us a few weeks ago. I am glad you have clarified MSFT's 98% NT only platform. I am sure MSFT must have white-papers describing their enterprise environment. Please tell me where I can obtain a copy for study. With MSFT being bashed by all the industry analysts and consumers that NT is not enterprise capable, if MSFT is at 98% NT only and they are so large, I would think they would be bragging all over the planet about how enterprise-capable NT really is. Somehow I missed that marketing blitz. So please direct me to the white-papers. As for NT5 being in MSFT production. I will have to call my sources at MSFT and confirm this. How a barely Beta2 product would actual be running MSFT's day-to-day operation purely amazes me!!! Before I call though, please go in a bit more detail as to what areas in MSFT are using NT5 and to what extent (i.e. what %age of MSFT is running on NT5 - even a rough guess)? That way I can confirm your numbers. I work for a "Depth Partner" and we have some good contacts there. Please forgive me if I dont yet believe you on these facts you presented until you can back them up and I can investigate it further. Thanks for all your info! Toy

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