Very few of my clients have an AD. Most have one or more manufacturers that are now mostly web based. Any internal Servers are typically File servers, but with the Web Craze that has become so prevalent even that is beginning to diminish. Only a few have tried to use Vista, as their manufacturers do not support it yet, just now some have begun to support IE7. The folks I see running into trouble are home users who were once able to get their printers and some drives to share nicely together. Once Vista is tossed into the mix all bets are off. They call for me to help, and I refer them to the manufacturer for help as I no longer have time to dink with home user issues. The smart ones call me before getting something, and until recently I have been able to persuade folks to get the XP downgrade option (now a rarity for non-Netbook and non-business class PCs). It saves me grief, and Vista really does not bring enough to the party IMHO to make it worth hassling with. If a person has time to deal with Vista, they have time to learn Ubuntu Linux - or Mac, and are better off for it for simple web browsing, email, and doing homework assignments, or whatever.
I kind of look at Vista as a latter day Win ME, where 2000 Pro eventually usurped ME (on M$'s own site, once 2000 Pro was released, problems were to be solved by upgrading to 2000 Pro. M$ gave up on ME). I am betting Win7 will do the same to Vista, this century's mistake. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] more secure or less threats? > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Gil Hale RR > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not forcing Vista to do anything. It is the other way around. > ------------------------ > > Is there an AD or is it all a peer network? > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > Web and Windows Development > Independent Contractor > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
