Your time may have finally come. The extensive migration to Win2000 is estimated to cost corporations hundreds of thousands of dollars, which will almost certainly delay technology decision makers from giving the ok. After beta testing and researching Windows 2000 and reviewing a study done in October 1999 by the Gartner Group, I started to think that the release of Windows 2000 would actually hurt Microsoft instead of helping them become the industry leader in network operating systems. As a consultant who helps companies decide what software and hardware they should implement, it was difficult for me to make a case for why an organization should make an immediate switch to Win2000.
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Load balancing is also a major plus with Windows 2000 Advanced Server allowing for faster response time and the ability to expand capacity. Finally, increased hardware support. Server can support 4gb of RAM and 4 CPUs, while Advanced Server can support 8gb of RAM and 8 CPUs. Because Windows 2000 may take a year or two or three to be implemented as a complete network environment, top name Linux developers, such as Red Hat, Caldera and VA Linux, to name a few, are coming on strong and taking this opportunity to demonstrate some of the powerful and scalable tools Linux has to offer. One of the major downfalls of Linux is support.