From: Chris Robinson 

It wouldn't be too bad if it was as simple as just doing an upgrade but
it's not.  Win2k Server deployment would probably be a company-wide
initiative and require an Active Directory structure designing first.  It'd
be a big effort to deploy in large organisations that run stable, perfectly
usable NT4 server installations.

Chris.

Mike '/m' wrote:

> Yup, that's one of the advantages to having a monopoly.  When your revenue
> stream starts to slow down due to a bad economy, all you have to do is
> refuse to patch a gaping security hole in your software, and require your
> customer to buy the upgrade in order to have a secure computing
> environment.
>
> Microsoft, it seems, feels they can get away with treating their customers
> like that.
>
>  /m
>
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:46:00 +0100, Thees Peereboom 
> wrote:
>
> >Mike,
> >
> >Also a lot of people are still running NT4servers as PDC's. Budgets
> >are a bit tight these days, little room for socalled 'upgrades' that
> >only upgrade MSFT's revenues.
> >
> >- Thees Peereboom
> >
> >On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:32:58 -0500, Mike '/m'  wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Over half the PCs where I work are running NT4.
> >>
> >> /m
> >>
> >>On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 22:51:48 -0500, "Tony Ingenoso"
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'm sure I'm not the only one still using quite a few NT4
licences.  A lot
of people will be looking into this one I suspect.  What
> >>>with softice and debug kernels the truth will get out no
matter what it
is.
> >>>
> >>>"Geo."  wrote in message
news:3e838cf5{at}w3.nls.net...
> >>>> Want to bet money the user community releases a fix
to this impossible
> >>>> problem?
> >>>>
> >>>> Geo.
> >>>>
> >>>> "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
> >>>> news:rju68v03do3gfp457m4af0vvm7fmam8rul{at}4ax.com...
> >>>> >
> >>>> > As I've been saying, the first thing Microsoft
needs to do is to start
up
> >>>> > their Trustworthy Executives initiative.  Does
Microsoft really expect
IT
> >>>> > people to believe this excuse?
> >>>> >
> >>>> >  /m
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>

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