“Microsoft has made another attempt at beating Novell in the
directory game, but has tripped itself up again in the process.
This time Microsoft chose a Utah testing house called KeyLabs that
Novell had used in the past, and asked it to carry out some tests
so that Microsoft could have third party verification.”
“Novell corporate strategist Brad Anderson told The Register
that he thought it probable that Microsoft had found some
non-real-world cases in its labs where NDS eDirectory (as NDS 8 is
now called) could be beaten by Active Directory, and then asked
KeyLabs to verify the tests independently.”
“Novell was incensed, and also commissioned KeyLabs to run some
real-world tests that, perhaps not surprisingly, show NDS
performance in a very different light. While Microsoft referred
to KeyLabs as a “Novell Authorised Testing Site” in its release,
Novell countered that KeyLabs was a “registered Microsoft Certified
Solutions Partner”. You get the picture.“