Windows 2000 provides a comprehensive list of features...

And it still doesn't fix a lot of the prior problems.

Most noteably - SMB networking. (I shouldn't have to elaborate more)

Oh, if you have a 100% Windows 2000 network, its fixed? How nice.

Why haven't the fixes made it back to the prior clients, for people who can't/don't need to upgrade?

*THAT'S* part of the problem you're redefining the argument away from. (And having the above doesn't mean secure, as you do say in a later post).

Its also the thought process and history that Microsoft has shown - they'll hang people who aren't running "latest and greatest" out to dry, (and sometimes even then).

Addison