Unfortunately that doesn't answer the question
<<qualified OS and hardware>>
I had already gone to that page and it does not provide an answer to the question. Although in the initial link it shows XP and 2000 Professional, if you click on the link it says that 2000 Professional SP4 is untested with MAYA. So the question is, does Maya work with 2000? Are there necessary workarounds? We are a 2000 environment, so I don't have any alternative choices in this regard.
George