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| jgribble 2003-04-18, 3:15 pm |
| I dont see why they would make a whole new track on 2003, I havent even noticed that many differences in it to Win2k. Its not like the jump from NT4 to 2K.
MS must be needing the money to fill the whole in their pocket from the XBOX. | |
| icroYal 2003-04-19, 11:44 am |
| why not? If you upgrade, then you're mcse 2k and 2003 certified. Microsoft eventually in a couple of years will stop the win2k track and goto the 2003 track. Of course they'll do a 6-12 month notice or something like that before they do it. | |
| anthonie 2003-04-20, 10:26 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by jgribble
I dont see why they would make a whole new track on 2003, I havent even noticed that many differences in it to Win2k. Its not like the jump from NT4 to 2K.
That's why MCSE on 2000 only have to pass a couple of upgrade exams to be certified as MCSE on 2003. | |
| TW2001 2003-04-21, 8:17 pm |
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I havent even noticed that many differences in it to Win2k
Check out the storage improvements/advantages. No not dynamic disks but real functionality and integration into SAN/NAS environments. More robust scripting(really ). ADS (this look very interesting).
Im looking forward to launch day...If you have never been to one..its quite a day. | |
| icroYal 2003-04-21, 8:43 pm |
| I've never been to one, but i'm going in 2 weeks. They say you get FREE evaluation code for both Windows Server 2003 and Visual Studio .NET 2003. Does that mean you get free evaluation copies or something? We have the beta copies at work, but haven't really messed around with it. | |
| TW2001 2003-04-22, 5:08 pm |
| Yes will recieve gold code eval versions of windows server 2003 VS.NET 2003. | |
| ClintonN 2003-04-23, 11:34 am |
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Originally posted by TW2001
Yes will recieve gold code eval versions of windows server 2003 VS.NET 2003.
You also get a 100 USD off a microsoft class, a 40% off voucher for MS press book and I believe a nifty t-shirt. And I think there are prizes too! | |
| ClintonN 2003-05-02, 10:22 am |
| The nifty t-shirt says "do more with less"
I'm about 5 foot something tall. So I've already been ragged on for the shirt and I haven't worn it yet. MS Bastards!! | |
| Bingram 2003-05-14, 1:49 pm |
| I'm campaigning to have them change their motto to "Do less with more!"
As an old IT vet, I think we all need more time to play with more gadgets. Nothing meaningful mind you, but lets say all IT departments get.... a rack of blades, four or five PDAs per tech, and a round of game consoles. You know... for integration practice, yea that's the ticket. | |
| ghaouf 2003-05-14, 4:08 pm |
| i wish i could go
but do not live in an important city | |
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| ghaouf 2003-05-14, 9:38 pm |
| guess mr gates i loosing some zeros off his paycheck
but it realy does not hurt to upgrade you certification and not care if your buissness would upgrade or not
just do it for fun | |
| Spides 2003-05-21, 11:17 pm |
| Microsft themselves have said 2003 is more for an upgrade from NT4 than 2000 | |
| jeff_j_black 2003-05-22, 10:49 am |
| They are really selling to those who have not migrated from NT4.0 to go directly to 2003 vs. 2000, at this point. | |
| Tarzanboy 2003-05-23, 1:48 am |
| Don't forget that there a large number of old Novell 3.x and 4.x networks that are finally converting.
Cheers,
TB | |
| jeff_j_black 2003-05-23, 7:51 am |
| Good point, but in MS eyes those are always in season! | |
| limsam 2003-06-17, 3:36 am |
| Why upgrade?
MS wants money; | |
| jeff_j_black 2003-06-17, 8:39 am |
| I am not aware of any business that does not want money. | |
| ClintonN 2003-06-17, 8:50 am |
| Well if your running NT why not upgrade?(that is if your company has the money) Why not benifit from newer technology. As far as upgrading your certification... How much of their revenue comes from certification in comparison to their products? | |
| jeff_j_black 2003-06-17, 8:56 am |
| I don't think Microsoft makes much money directly from certification.
They do however want potential customers to know that there is a pool of trained people ready to operate the latest product. Plus, being knowledgable about the features of a new product gives those that are certified, a role in the decision-making, planning, execution and support phases. So in all, I would say that if you wanted an opportunity to be a little more indespensible, certification makes sense. | |
| Tarzanboy 2003-06-17, 11:46 am |
| Regardless of whether a business has the money to perform an upgrade, if there is not a pressing need to do so, they will not.
There are a number of large businesses out there running Windows NT 4.0 Servers servicing NT 4 Workstations and Windows 98 clients. Their business needs are currently met, as the software that they need to run is fully supported on the OSes they have, yet they do not have to spend extra for additional licensing or hardware upgrades. Undoubtedly these companies know that eventually they will need to upgrade, but today is not that day.
Cheers,
TB | |
| jeff_j_black 2003-06-17, 12:42 pm |
| I work at a world wide company that is all NT, just making the switch to 2k. They got 2-3 offices into the conversion, now they are considering going to 2003 right now, instead of finishing the 2k roll-out. There is good justification to move from NT for our part, as running the latest software for engineering and design, requires a stable and up to date platform. I think there is good justification to move to 2003 right now as well, for our company. |
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