This time Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 18:06:04 -0800 Jim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The truth is that I do not much care for netstat because I feel that it >> is to much functionality crammed into one little command. I've always >> felt that this is a poor way to manage complexity. > > Even worse is trying to manage complexity without basic knowledge of the > underlying structure. > >> Example of complexity cut from the much vaunted man pages: > >> Now seriously, if you had seen this for the first (or even the fifth) >> time would you know exactly how to use it? How long might it take >> someone to figure it out? Doesn't it seem likely that the person in >> question might have something better to do? This is where folks who get >> >> frustrated with answering questions should focus their ire. > > Not if I didn't first understand IP, TCP and UDP at a minimum... IMNSHO, if you don't understand IP,TCP, UDP, you have no business running a server of any kind, no matter what Microsoft may have told you. Vox, who is a firm believer on tests-before-selling-computers -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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