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READY FOR ROLLOUT?

Regarding your Face-off on whether Windows 2000 is ready for full rollout (www.nwfusion. com, DocFinder: 3036):

Nelson Ruest seems as if he lives in a world where budgets are plentiful, people are welltrained and IT departments are going all-out to be the first to have Windows 2000 as a major part of the infrastructure. I'm sure this world exists, but I don't belive it represents most of the general public.

Robert Newman President Desktop Services Paramus, N.J.

I am planning on rollout of Windows 2000 not because I inflicting more pain into my life than is absolutely necessary, but mainly because the reality of the situation dictates this to be an opportunity for growth and knowledge.

Yes, we all must change. It was difficult to go from high school to college. It was difficult to go from college to a family and kids. News flash, Sparky: This is the real world, where things change rapidly. It was difficult to go from 3.1 to NT, 3.11 to 95, and it will be just as difficult to go to Win 2000.

Get over it, and grow up.Those who are moaning about Win 2000 are the same people who moaned about the conversion to 4.0, said Linux was not a viable option, claimed Yahoo was a "start-up without possibility and doomed for failure" and probably also have an AOL account.

Remember what the venerable Will Rogers said: "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over by the train if you stand still."

Randall Mitchell IS director Aztec Peoria, Ariz.

I'm currently working toward Microsoft Certified Software Engineer certification in the Windows 2000 track. It's a fascinating operating system with endless possibilities. However, as Jeff Allred points out in his Face-off column, the training is quite extensive and time-consuming. I cannot imagine how a company would be able to train its IT force - and subsequently its users - properly without shutting down operations for a couple of months. Obviously I'm being facetious, because many businesses have successfully deployed Win 2000, but the training budgets must have been huge to accomplish such a Herculean task.

I can see where Novell and NT loyalists are coming from:After all, why change something if it isn't broken? I think that's the bottom line here. If a company has the money to invest in converting to Win 2000 - and has a proper plan in place - then more power to it. But to convert just for the sake of converting, especially if your network is already running smoothly, seems like it would simply be a case of trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Brian Sanger Upper Montclair, NJ

PLEASED WITH PHP

Thank you for Mark Gibbs' excellent series of Gearhead columns on PHP (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 3027). Much of what is written about IT is of marginal merit, but a tutorial such as this one has great value. I have looked forward to each installment.

Wayne Lange McLean, Va.

DIGITAL IS PROFITABLE

In the column"Cabletron split-up: One year later" (www.nwfusion.com, DocFinder: 3037), was surprised to see Digital Networks described as a "nonprofitable business unit." In fact, Digital Networks was then, and still is now, a highly profitable business. Cabletron had reasons for selling the Digital Networks business, but the profitableness of the product line was not one of them.

Lee Knoch Vice president of marketing Digital Networks Andover, Mass.

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