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To: Loring who wrote (29829)	1/6/2000 11:36:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

Well Loring, one would think so ehh? BUT, the true test for any software is when it enters the complexity and scale and heterogeneity (yes that is spelled correctly) of the Poruction environment. Also, you are talking about NT - a single entity in the network. This article is talking about AD - a directory that permeates throughout the network. The vast majority of the 750,000 beta testers have not put AD through its stress tests unless they had the guts to put it into a production environment. Now, if MSFT had some real guts and generate some real good PR, it would completely migrate its current internal domain structure to AD prior to the Feb17 release of the product. They would let the media and public view the results. Toy

To: Loring who wrote (29829)	1/6/2000 11:47:00 AM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Let me clarify my position on Windows2000: There's not much I would critize about NT as a system. It has some great benefits over it's predecessor. I don't think comparing it to other systems is the correct approach ANYONE should take. People looking for a Network Operating System (NOS) have certain needs/requirements and each NOS brings specific advantages/disadvantages to the table. In most cases, using both NetWare and NT have been the most suitable choice. Sure in some instances companies don't have that luxury - small shops with less than 30 users generally have only one server. When you begin to compare Active Directory to competing Directory products like NDS is where it gets almost fanatistical. We don't mean to bash the product but there are some OBVIOUS differences which make the 2 products vastly different. Most of these are technical differences in how certain functions occur within each Directory. Sure we're biased towards NDS - we've been using it for some years. We understand what it's doing and how it works and it makes alot of sense. Active Directory seems to make that attempt to be different for the sake of being different and not moving Directories forward (in terms of innovation - my opinion). What you should be asking yourself is that 750,000 beta testers, magazines and media have tested and tried Windows2000. They have installed it, run it through numerous tests and guess what? NetWare 5.0 was (is) the fastest selling version of NetWare EVER! I can read between the lines :) Peter J Strifas