[PLUG] Linux and Active Directory?

[Mike Connors]

I seem to see in many Linux Sys Admin job postings a requirement for AD 
experience. Is this is a case where
you have Linux/Unix servers but run MS Win on the desktop and the MS Win 
clients don't play well w. OpenLDAP and/or NIS?

Am I incorrect in my perception that AD has pretty much taken over Dir 
Services except for shops that are all Solaris, Novell, or old-school 
Unix purists who still use NIS?