"Microsoft doesn't offer anything of value to them so they ignore it." - No. The problem is they have no idea what it offers. They don't give it a chance. Anything that can be done in Linux can be done in Windows, if you can, I would like you to prove otherwise.

Microsoft has never been an inovator anyway, so who cares about Windows 2000 Zippty Doo Dah Server. Repeat after me: "It's just marketing hype." - Are you serious? Not an innovator? They have taken a completely opposite path than UNIX/Linux and developed a secure, no bullshit operating system which you don't need 10 years of experience to learn. Simply because UNIX/Linux operators need more functional knowledge in order to perform what should be somewhat simple tasks, does not mean the operating system is "innovative". You UNIX/Linux crew are so big on automation, but you complain when simplistic tasks that require 3 or 4 separate commands in Linux are simplified in Windows. Unlike most of you UNIX/Linux secluded sys admins, Windows admins who work in large corporations often need to manage multiple projects at once - they don't have the time to read a man page to run a command which would take 2 or 3 clicks in Windows, with the option of using the shell as a backup. It may be "marketing hype" to the untrained individual who has never used it, but to the rest of the W2k administrators out there it is a great advancement in centralized security and management.

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