HI,

I'm wondering if this DSMT is still existing?
I cannot find it in Windows 2000 server.
Are we suppose to use the MSDSS tools instead?

regds


Mel2/28/2003 4:02:04 AM

Windows NT Magazine is fond of saying, “We’re not owned by Microsoft.” If that’s true, what’s up with the opening page (page 161) of Douglas Toombs’ “NT 5.0’s Directory Service Migration Tool” (November 1998)?
The article and illustration imply that Active Directory (AD) is superior to Novell Directory Services (NDS). From what I’ve read about both directory services, nothing could be further from the truth. Why didn’t you publish an article comparing the two directory services? I don’t mean something like the article you ran a few months back encompassing all the available directories from every vendor—–I mean a direct, unbiased comparison between NDS and AD. Wouldn’t that kind of article help readers decide which directory is most appropriate for their situations? If you can’t run such an article, how can you print an article concerning migrating from NDS to AD? How are we to know that we are not migrating to an inferior product?
In the same issue, on the other end of the prejudicial spectrum is David Chernicoff’s NT Intelligence: “Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk,” which was a breath of fresh air to me. Wouldn’t it be nice if the entire magazine followed the logic and reason in this all-too-rare and excellent piece.
Your masthead contains a funny bit of irony in “Writing for Windows NT Magazine.” The statement reads, “All articles are edited to ensure that they conform to our editorial standards of quality and objectivity.” I agree with the quality part, but if page 161 is “objective,” I think you need to relearn the meaning of the word.

--James Petro



Windows NT Magazine appreciates reader feedback; we take it very seriously. Administrators who work with NT every day and want to share their discoveries and solutions with fellow professionals write most of the magazine’s articles. Of the two articles that you mention, an employee of the magazine wrote “Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk.” We ensure that articles are technically accurate, but we don’t tell our authors what position to take. We encourage authors to express their opinions.

--Karen Forster

James Petro 8/6/1999 2:02:39 PM