Well, the paperless office is still a myth, but it seems Microsoft is finally trying to do away with the 'paper mcse', which eventually had to happen anyhow. Microsoft's premier certifications have become such a joke, that it is often times better to *not* list them on your resume so your prospective employer thinks you may actually have some experience, rather than spending all of your time reading books with no relevance what so ever to anything except passing the specific test you are taking.

Hell, look at me as a perfect example. I have MCSD in both 6.0 and .NET, MCDBA in both 7.0 and 2000, MCAD and MCSA. I dont even know how to tie my own shoes, or what half of those abbreviations mean. I think they have something to do with donuts...

Well, not really, but I am glad they are addressing this issue, it is a pretty serious lacking in their certification program, I just hope they roll it out across the board once they get the networking pieces worked out. The MCSD track is *way* easier than it should be, it should be proof you can write enterprise level apps, not proof you read 3 silly little MSPress books...