Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 12:18:47 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "pat.groce@state.sd.us" <pat.groce@state.sd.us> Subject: Re: unix is a problem: free bsd doesn't help Message-ID: <199811091720.MAA30831@laker.net>
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On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:01:11 -0600, pat.groce@state.sd.us wrote: >We had been running freebsd for 4 years to handle our internet email. Last >week the hard drive crashed on the system. I had a tape backup of important >files so i reinstalled using the new freebsd 3.0 version. Anyone with the requisite knowledge to System Admin a unix system WOULDN'T have switched versions of the OS while recovering from a hardware induced crisis. >My experience was utter horror and despair! The new version have several >problems - my ethernet card wouldn't work - until we turned the port on our >cabletron switch to 10 mbps instead of auto negotiate. I tried compiling new >versions of majoirdom to get the listservs running - but all it gave me were >cryptic errors. Sendmail keeps giving me an error: Your horror and despair were the result of you shooting YOURSELF in the foot. Fire yourself and as you go out the door, tell your former boss to hire a computer professional, i.e., anyone who's entire resume/career is based on Microsuk's products is incompetent, like you. >sendmail[131]: NOQUEUE: low on space (have 0, SMTP-DAEMON needs 101 in >/var/spool/mqueue) > >and countless other errors. I have to shutdown the system every 10 hours and >restart it just to telnet to it. >To hell with FreeBSD. We are replacing all of the systems with NT versions >of sendmail. And it works great! I neat little GUI makes sendmail and the >Exchange listservs easy to manage.The software may cost more, but in terms >of staff time, we're saving thousands, not to mention all the frustration. Actually, South Dakota could save money by firing your incompetent ass. >I read all the news on how unix is going to give microsoft a run for the >operating system market. I don't believe it for a second. You gotta be smarter than the technology to use it!! Please pass this on to your boss. He may like to hire a real professional. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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