I'll just add to two very good posts, that, in my experience (which is fairly balanced in this respect,) administrating Mandrake is no harder or easier than administrating Windows 2000 Professional.
Never having used Win2k, I don't know. But it's certainly easier than administrating Win98. As for Win XP, my few XPeriences left me totally confused.
Sir Robin
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