One Tale of NT's Journey Into Corporate America  To help make
this evolution more understandable, we will use an example based
upon the experiences of a corporation with a presence in
Washington State. This company currently employs some 7,000
people at its primary site and had made the transition from a
combination of Unix/Novell software to Windows NT. The move was
cost justified based upon the ease of administration and a
reduced cost of ownership, but years into the transition,
administration and licensing costs soared and they were faced
with some harsh realities, particularly when the market took a
downturn and belt tightening became a necessity.  Initially, the
company was approached by Microsoft and pitched on the idea of
moving over to the NT Server platform. As any good company would
do, Microsoft gave them a very hard sell and did an excellent
job of convincing them of the potential benefits. One of the
biggest parts of the pitch was the generous support that MS
pledged to provide to corporate clie