Hahahahahahahahaha

[le_bebna_kamni]

Microsoft cracks me up. I'm reading my textbook on Server 2003, and I just couldn't resist posting this gem:The Linux environment, often deployed in development or test capacity, offers an affordable route to provide non-mission-critical [my emphasis added] network services.
Yeah, right. ROFLMAO. That's why almost $5.7 billion was spent on Linux

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[le_bebna_kamni]

I think what bothers me more are the legions of IT people (like me) who are being trained with these books. I'm sure some of us know better, but I can tell you right now that most people in my class have never even heard of Linux and wouldn't know a bash shell if hit them on the head (uhm, no pun intended...). Actually, I'm pretty sure that's what Microsoft wants: as many techs as possible who are completely wedded to their technologies and unaware that other [better] alternatives exist.

For example, my instructor seems to be pretty Microsoft-indoctrinated. She obviously doesn't buy into everything that Microsoft says -- she's a skillful IT person who knows when "Microsoft best practices" really aren't the best. But even though she's heard of Linux, she doesn't seem to know much about it, particularly some of the Linux tools for working with Windows machines that would actually make her job easier than with the tools Microsoft provides.

And I understand what you mean about corporate higher-ups dictating what you do. Feel free to kvetch away. ;P

[orogeny2000]

mmm, yeah, I wouldn't know a bash shell it it hit me on the head either...shruggs...not an IT person, and yet I know of linux and unix. It scares me that there are trained IT people who don't really.

As for my current corporate frustrations. GARG. They redisigned the 'front desk area' so now the desk is right in front of the door-and we need to move rather large carts through that door. Also, the door was formerly left open, now we have to use a key code to open it, making a one person job a two person job. There are other problems too, and ALL of this anoying crap could have been avoided with just a tiny bit of consideration to what the requirements of the people using the area would be. SIGH.