VERY true, i've walked that path about eight years ago when going thru SCO Unix Administration courses (Initiation and Basic Administration). There i've learned that (besides the marketing bable) the way microsoft operates it's OS is basically NOT DONE. You'll understand the workings of your machine a WHOLE lot better if you grasp the working of Linux/Unix upto some basic level. You'll also understand that the way microsoft is deploying it's > integrated < products is MORE then controversial it's basically going for 'world domination' without EVER being held back (until now) by any authority.
If someone would have explained this all those years ago to a judge M$ would have been held back from those horrible > integrated < products a very long time ago. Every time i get the chance to puch 'open source and/or Linux/Unix' i'll do it, just because Microsoft not only demands your attention but also to keep you mouth shut and remain stupid. Eg.: Why do i have to create a Network USER account for every user i create on an Exchange server ? Someone please explain the logic/security behind all this to me ! There are ways round this but hey, that ain't what a sysadmin. is supposed to do with his/her valuable time. If i'm wrong on this i'll just produce another more accurate example but this is what i was confronted with today, baffling it is. No one at the office seems to have a clue on what is REALLY supposed to happen with mail. Brainwash is in progress i pressume. Sorry for the lengthy reply but i'm kind of sparking electricity today, due to microsoft Related aggrevation. Greetings, Joris -----Original Message----- From: MaD dUCK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:55 AM To: John Griffiths Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Installing Debian also sprach John Griffiths (on Tue, 06 Mar 2001 10:08:27AM +1100): > >With the reputed development support that Debian has throughout the > >world, isn't there someone who could take some time and come up with a > >more fool proof and easier installation routine?. this may just be me, but i think debian's installation routine is beautiful and easy *iff* you know computers. if you are a "i just quit micros~1" descendant, then you have to unlearn a whole lot of micros~1 wrongness and learn real stuff before you can appreciate debian's install! not meaning to sound condescending here, but that's the path that i had to take. martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@@.net -- above all, we should not wish to divest our existence of its rich ambiguity. -- nietzsche -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
