Another little known fact about the certificationis that it was for NT3.51 At a certian patch level running on a compaq. Nevermind that it couldn't be connected to the network, it had to be the same patch level and same machine. (This is becuase of goverments standards.) What does this really mean? It means that once you have been certified if a bugs is found, and you patch it, then you have to have the system re-evaluated with the new patch. MS never did this.. The only reason they ever got the certification was so they could use it in marketing.
On the other hand, the fact that C2 certification is so lame is really Microsofts fault. If people really understood what it meant they wouldn't be impressed.
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Another little known fact about the certificationis that it was for NT3.51 At a certian patch level running on a compaq. Nevermind that it couldn't be connected to the network, it had to be the same patch level and same machine. (This is becuase of goverments standards.) What does this really mean? It means that once you have been certified if a bugs is found, and you patch it, then you have to have the system re-evaluated with the new patch. MS never did this.. The only reason they ever got the certification was so they could use it in marketing.
On the other hand, the fact that C2 certification is so lame is really Microsofts fault. If people really understood what it meant they wouldn't be impressed.
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