Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 09:00:53 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: gljohns@bellsouth.net (Glenn Johnson) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help in convincing management not to supplant Unix with NT Message-ID: <199808091300.JAA04256@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <199808090309.WAA00774@gforce.bellsouth.net> from Glenn Johnson at "Aug 8, 98 10:09:37 pm"
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Glenn Johnson wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>
> At my place of employment, the management team, who are basically computer
> illiterate, have decided that there should be no Unix machines providing
> network or Internet services, only NT machines. I am trying to convince them
> that this would be a mistake. This situation is complicated by the fact that
> the Network Administrator does not know anything about Unix and has shown
> an unwillingness to learn. Over the last 4 months, the AIX machine that the
> previous Network Administrator setup has been running happily without any
> intervention, while the NT servers have crashed at least twice a month. I
> personally have six FreeBSD machines (workstation usage) that have been running
> without any problems; but this does not seem to be enough evidence.
>
> I, along with a couple of other people are trying to present evidence to keep
> Unix systems running at our site. I searched the FreeBSD archives and found the
> reference to the article by John Kirsch about Unix vs. NT and have submitted
> that to management. I am curious if anybody else has had to go through this
> type of nonsense and could provide any pointers. I am particularly interested
> in Unix vs. NT for mail service.
Microsoft owns Hotmail. Hotmail runs Unix. (Solaris, I think). They
tried NT. No soap.
Microsoft uses 40 NT servers to handle the FTP load handled by a
single-CPU machine at www.cdrom.com (aka ftp.freebsd.org) running
FreeBSD.
> All pointers and moral support are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
Sometimes a sheaf of letters of resignation from all the clued tech staff
helps. (seriously).
Now is a good time to change jobs. One of the reasons that NT is
used to replace Unix is because pointed-headed managers think they will
be cheaper to manage. They intend to fire all the Unix people, and hire
"certified droids". They have been assured by M$ marketers that it
will be cheaper to run NT. *sigh* the managers secretly believe that
the new pimple-faced NT dweebs will be more docile and easily controlled.
This is correct.
Challenge them to provide a /single/ technical reason to run NT on
a server. This won't work though, they already have the evidence.
Evidence doesn't matter to these types. They have a "vision". Pfui.
Good luck -- post the results!
Dave
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