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March 2, 2000
RE: Open Letter to Bill Gates and Microsoft
We are writing this letter to request that you reconsider your current
plans for the timing and testing requirements for the Windows 2000 MCSE
program. The changes that you've recently announced, such as limiting
enrollment for beta exams, restricting access to the accelerated exam for
existing MCSEs to a single try, and limiting the timelines during which
MCSEs must "upgrade" their certifications are unfair to the community.
Based on feedback from our large community of readers, we also believe
that these requirements will significantly impact the success of the
Windows 2000 MCSE program. The steps you are about to take with your new
program could impact the careers of over 220,000 current MCSEs, and the
countless professionals who are studying to become certified under your
program.
In the mid-1990s you created and expanded the MCSE program. Since that
time the program has grown enormously. This growth occurred because the
program was well conceived, fair, and open. MCSEs have quickly become the
driving force behind Microsoft's success in the networking arena. In a
sense, MCSEs serve as an adjunct sales force and technical support arm for
Microsoft. They are the best trained group of networking professionals on
the planet; the world listens to them, and follows their advice and
insight.
Changing and restricting the MCSE Windows 2000 program is
counterproductive, because you are alienating a dedicated community of
professionals. Many MCSEs who feel that they have invested their careers
with Microsoft now also feel that their investments are being seriously
and negatively impacted. This is particularly true because the Windows NT
4.0 certifications will expire before many companies have replaced that
software with Windows 2000 alternatives.
By forcing MCSEs to upgrade more quickly than their working circumstances
might dictate, you lower the incentive for active professionals to
maintain their certifications, and lessen their willingness to dedicate
their future working lives to supporting Microsoft. Most industry
analysts, including the Gartner Group, predict that significant adoptions
of Windows 2000 in the workplace will not occur before 2002 to 2003, yet
your timetable forces MCSEs to finish their upgrades a year or more in
advance of that timetable.
We understand that you feel obliged to deliver an effective training and
certification program that doesn't simply reward "paper MCSEs." To that
end we strongly support the notion that certification programs should be
challenging, and that they should measure an individual's ability to
perform on the job as accurately as possible. But we also believe that
such programs should be fair and open, and not simply provide a leverage
point to push people into upgrading software and systems as soon as
possible, or before their employers are ready to adopt the latest version
of Windows software.
MCSEs gave your software a second chance; you should give them a second
chance, too. Please reconsider your limitations on the 70-240 Accelerated
Windows exam, and stretch out the timetable for upgrading MCSEs to Windows
2000 by at least one more year!
Thanks for listening.
Keith Weiskamp, CEO
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