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  From: Sulis, Adam <SULISA@tc.gc.ca>
  To  : linuxsa <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>, "'nickelodeon@heaps.fully.cx' <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:22:37 -0400

RE: Truths.

Donn your helmet and flak jacket, and take cover, Nick. I suspect your wish
to have more traffic on this channel is about to be granted, based on the
old wounds you just reopened...


<yelled> Incoming!!!!

> Adam J. Sulis, CET, MCP, CNA
> Workstation Management, Technical Support
> Administration des postes de travail, Soutien technique
> Tel: (613) 998 0722
> sulisa@tc.gc.ca
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> From: 	Nick Morrison[SMTP:nickelodeon@heaps.fully.cx]
> Reply To: 	nickelodeon@heaps.fully.cx
> Sent: 	Monday, September 27, 1999 11:13 AM
> To: 	linuxsa
> Subject: 	Truths.
> 
> Hello.
> 
> The list has been a little quiet lately, so I thought I'd mention a few
> thoughts I've been having over the last few days.
> 
> Windows, and Microsoft in general, are actually pretty cool.  I don't know
> why all you people are always being derogatory toward them.  They've got
> just the right attitude toward software development, developer tools,
> standard setting, marketing policies and a whole gamut of other things
> too.
> 
> Software development, for example - I don't know why everyone here's been
> going about how crap GUI system configuration tools are.  They enable
> -any-
> idiot to configure -any- sort of server.  Without having to have any sort
> of
> system knowledge whatsoever.  Now -that- is good business sense.
> Microsoft
> have made their certificate, the MCSE, so very easy to obtain that anyone
> with half - or even a third - of a brain, can obtain one with minimum
> effort.  I believe Microsoft's aim here is quantity, not quality, and
> -that-
> is the key to their success.
> 
> Observe and learn, penguin people.  The Linux Operating System is taking a
> similar turn.  There are god-knows-how-many programmers out there, all
> developing their own little parts of the OS, not communicating with each
> other to any great degree, and ignoring and rehashing and recreating
> standards faster than anyone can keep up.  A bit like Microsoft's
> programmers.  Good, eh?
> 
> BSD, on the other hand, has a ridiculous red-tape-ified system, where only
> a
> few privileged humans can modify the source-code, and things have to be
> checked, and approved, and rah rah rah.  What a load of complete bollocks.
> And you can't run Linux software on BSD anyway, so don't bother with it.
> I
> don't think you can even make it connect to the internet.  It's a huge
> waste
> of time.
> 
> Now.  Modems.  All this talk about external modems and how wonderful they
> are is making me -sick-.  Who the hell wants to see little red lights
> flashing at them the whole bloody time?  And they're much slower than
> internal modems, because you plug them into the serial port, whereas
> internal modems plug -directly- into the motherboard, giving the CPU, with
> its huge bandwidth, direct access to the telephone line.  Why is there a
> question?  I'm puzzled and amused by the naivety of some of you people.
> 
> One other point I'd like to make before signing off - security.  Windows
> NT
> security is eons ahead of Linux's security, for lots and lots and lots of
> reasons.
> 
> Here's one.
> 
> I want Administrator access, but I don't have the password.  What do I do?
> God knows.  It's too hard.  There's no "crack the password" button and no
> file called "c:\windows\Administrator Password.pwd" so argh!
> 
> Linux?  hah.  I just reset the server, enter single-user mode, and I have
> complete control over my system with Administrator (or root or whatever
> you
> twats want to call the Administrator user) privileges.  I can even change
> the Administrator password by typing a few simple commands.
> 
> Bah.
> 
> I think I've made all the points I need to for tonight.
> __
> Nick Morrison
> nickelodeon@heaps.fully.cx
> http://www.fully.cx/where_do_you_want_to_go_today/
> 
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