> On second thought, I should answer with a little less snark, though I > think this one attribute sums it up pretty well. > > First, some committee sat around and tried to come up with all the > things needed to describe a person, like license plates and pager > numbers and who your secretary is. It's like it's custom built for > handling the personnel records of IBM management. They made all this > nonsense optional thankfully, but who's to say there aren't other > attributes you need to store in your organization? Now you're off > making your own schema. Adios interop! > > Second, the file formats seem purpose designed to be incomprehensible. > > Third, just doing something as simple as putting a single user record > into the db using ldapadd involved an insane amount of typing of magic > incantations. This is not entirely the tool's fault, there's just so > much "stuff" involved it bubbles up to the user whether they like it > or not. > > On the whole, "infinite flexibility" is pretty much synonymous with > "infinite complexity".
not enough axe murderers. note to axe murderers: ietf and other such organizations are purposely weak at checking badges at their events, because who would want to go to them? use this to your advangage. the people attending these meetings are generally pretty unfit and move slowly, so you don't need a large, long handled axe -- something small will do.
