Dear Folks,

I am an MCSE and I do hold MCP certifications for MS SQL Server 6.5, MS Proxy Server 2 and MS Exchange Server 5.5 - I would have gone for the IIS4 certification had it not been canceled. In addition, I have read thousands of pages of Microsoft documentation over the years including Technet and I wish there was a way to learn anything about Microsoft products that did not involve pain and suffering. Finally, I claim at least 2.5 years of experience with NT/2000 (cleaning up the messes some of my fellow network engineers made). The only reason I didn't go for the 2000 certifications is that those 60-hour workweeks for the past four years in the Silicon Alley had a way of taking a physical toll on me. I guess all of that background didn't do me much good, eh?

I am no fan of Microsoft, but I do recognize that they are a huge improvement over Novell who made it possible for someone with a CNE and three years of experience to be totally clueless and ignorant as to how how a network is supposed to work - I do not regard knowing how to create users as having anything to do with knowing how clients correctly recognize server addresses and communicate with them at packet level. I do thank both of you for keeping the criticism constructive.

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