RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Micheal Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:26 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows Bottom Line. We're lazy

RE: [OT] Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Budd Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OT] Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows It doesn't seem to matter whether the topic is international

Re: [OT] Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-29 Thread Micheal Patterson
. - Original Message - From: Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ed Budd [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 1:03 AM Subject: RE: [OT] Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-27 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Micheal Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:23 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows I've seen the stuff with my

RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-27 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I said it takes a higher talent level to generally administer a un*x box than a windows box. I

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-27 Thread Micheal Patterson
. - Original Message - From: Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Micheal Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:24 AM Subject: RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows I'll make this short

[OT] Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-27 Thread Ed Budd
little snip I'll make this short, sweet, and to the point. The Human Race, is by nature a lazy race. We, as in, ALL humans, strive to make our life easier. I'm well aware of monopolies and their effect on us. I'm also aware of how technology has changed our lives. If you think that you, or I don't

RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Micheal Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 9:44 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows Honestly, what makes you think

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread terry tyson
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:20:08 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip PMFJI, (especially since I'm a newbie) but I think I understand at least some of what Ted is saying here. I set up a home firewall and later had a hardware failure. I replaced the box and decided to use Mandrake

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread Butterworth, Thaddaeus (UI Exploratory)
I work in a testing environment where I have set up both Windows and *nix type servers. The first time I set up a server it was Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003. I was able to figure out how to securely set it up within two hours. On the other hand, setting up ldap on FreeBSD took me two days.

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-10-26 07:42, Butterworth, Thaddaeus (UI Exploratory) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I work in a testing environment where I have set up both Windows and *nix type servers. The first time I set up a server it was Exchange 2003 on Windows Server 2003. I was able to figure out how to securely

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread Micheal Patterson
- Original Message - From: Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Micheal Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:20 AM Subject: RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows -Original Message

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/26/04 12:24:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you think that administering a Windows server is so simple then answer the following test: How do you lock down an Exchange 5.5 server to prevent a spammer from using it as a relay. So who was the

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread Micheal Patterson
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows In a message dated 10/26/04 12:24:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/26/04 10:07:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [much snippage] Nonsense, if you ask me. For many reasons: a. Windows doesn't work nicely even for small networks most of the time. It's not the size of the network that matters. It's the nature of the

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-10-26 14:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/26/04 10:07:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nonsense, if you ask me. For many reasons: a. Windows doesn't work nicely even for small networks most of the time. It's not the size of the network that

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Oct 26, 2004, at 2:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Integration is what separates the men from the boys, so don't complain. If it were easy most of us would be doing something else. Not necessarily. Changing your oil isn't that hard. Most people pay someone else to do it though. Fixing a hole

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-26 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/26/04 3:38:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The fact that Cisco does something wrong doesn't somehow make it right for Windows. It's not a good excuse either. Its the way it is, and the way its always been.

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread pete wright
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:22:17 +0200, Stefan [Swebase AB] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have tried searching for this but i only get reports made by students and private programmers, i trust a programmer more than a large corporation any day but to show a person i know and convince him i need

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/24/04 5:54:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know more than a few people, small businessmen mostly, who have been completely screwed because their almost totally incompetent unix tech guy left the company. Ted wrote... For every small

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread pete wright
There's also less documentation, fewer resources, etc. So its more difficult to be proficient in unix than in windows. what are you talking about less documentation for Unix?!? What Unix are you referring to...Solaris...HPUX..AIX...BSD? I'm sorry to bite on this flame bait but i've been

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Oct 25, 2004, at 9:15 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ask a unix tech to install a windows application, or ask a windows tech to install a unix application. Which do you think has a better chance of success? The unix tech will have much more easier time installing the Windows app than the other

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/25/04 11:48:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's also less documentation, fewer resources, etc. So its more difficult to be proficient in unix than in windows. what are you talking about less documentation for Unix?!? What Unix are you

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-10-25 11:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're also missing my point on this. You don't have to get into the guts of windows to make it work. You dont have to be a programmer to tweak all of the applications, in fact I know more than one windows tech who knows how to set things up but

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread pete wright
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:25:21 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/25/04 11:48:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's also less documentation, fewer resources, etc. So its more difficult to be proficient in unix than in

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
In a message dated 10/25/04 11:48:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's also less documentation, fewer resources, etc. So its more difficult to be proficient in unix than in windows. what are you talking about less documentation for Unix?!? What Unix are you

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Micheal Patterson
- Original Message - From: Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 4:54 AM Subject: RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows snip There are more people around that can administer MS

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Oct 25, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2004-10-25 11:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're also missing my point on this. You don't have to get into the guts of windows to make it work. You dont have to be a programmer to tweak all of the applications, in fact I know more than

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-10-25 12:49, Bart Silverstrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 25, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2004-10-25 11:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're also missing my point on this. You don't have to get into the guts of windows to make it work. You dont have to be a

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Oct 25, 2004, at 1:07 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: And this differs from your experience in the Windows world...how? :-) I'm not sure I understand your question. Rephrase or make it more specific, because answering to such a vague question is pointless. Just a side comment from the peanut

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/25/04 1:08:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And this differs from your experience in the Windows world...how? :-) I'm not sure I understand your question. Rephrase or make it more specific, because answering to such a vague question is pointless. The

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-10-25 13:18, Bart Silverstrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 25, 2004, at 1:07 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2004-10-25 12:49, Bart Silverstrim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 25, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2004-10-25 11:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're also

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-10-25 13:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/25/04 1:08:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And this differs from your experience in the Windows world...how? :-) I'm not sure I understand your question. Rephrase or make it more specific, because

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Oct 25, 2004, at 1:33 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: I was referring to problems that require a bit of esoteric knowledge about how things work but not really a reinstallation of the entire system, i.e.: I realize that...at the same time, I don't blame the techs working on Windows that end up

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Matt Staroscik
At 02:59 PM 10/25/2004, you wrote: Just a side comment from the peanut gallery... I was referring to the fact that in most cases, the solution in the end most often IS to just reformat and reinstall because there's so much cruft/crap/crud in the registry and Windows directories that that is the

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: I think we all agree that you wouldn't let a windows tech touch your unix-like box, but you'd have no problem having a unix tech install a windows application. 'nuf said. Does this make you think at all?

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: I think we all agree that you wouldn't let a windows tech touch your unix-like box, but you'd have no problem having a unix tech install a windows application. 'nuf said. Does this make you think at all?

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Dave Horsfall
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Jerry McAllister wrote: [ Do Not Feed The Trolls ] \||/ | | | jgs (__Y__) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Nice artwork. I think I will appropriate it just for fun. I hope it is under the

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/25/04 1:37:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And this differs from your experience in the Windows world...how? :-) I'm not sure I understand your question. Rephrase or make it more specific, because answering to such a vague question is pointless.

RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-25 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
We use the term: Nuke and repave I'll have to remember that. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Staroscik Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 3:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-24 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 3:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows In a message dated 10/23/04 11:27:27

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-23 Thread Chuck Swiger
Stefan [Swebase AB] wrote: I have tried searching for this but i only get reports made by students and private programmers, i trust a programmer more than a large corporation any day but to show a person i know and convince him i need some serious investigations made by large corporations into

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-23 Thread Eihab E. Ibrahim
- Original Message - From: Stefan [Swebase AB] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 6:22 PM Subject: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows [...] Some friends of mine have told me that yahoo, msn and microsoft all use FreeBSD but until i can

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-23 Thread MikeM
On 10/23/2004 at 5:22 PM Stefan [Swebase AB] wrote: |The person i'm trying to convince is a hardcore MS fan so i | need real evidence of why BSD is better than MS products in | server environments. = Hardcore MS fan? Do you really think that any hardcore fan will be open to a

Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-23 Thread TM4525
In a message dated 10/23/04 11:27:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have tried searching for this but i only get reports made by students and private programmers, i trust a programmer more than a large corporation any day but to show a person i know and convince him i