From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 26 19:37:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C62E16A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:37:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 043F443D4C for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:37:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b184.otenet.gr [212.205.244.192]) i9QJapKt000350; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:36:57 +0300 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9QJallg040385; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:36:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9QJalbA040384; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:36:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:36:47 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: TM4525@aol.com Message-ID: <20041026193647.GB40173@gothmog.gr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:37:17 -0000 On 2004-10-26 14:35, TM4525@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 10/26/04 10:07:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >keramida@ceid.upatras.gr 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 matters. It's the nature of the >> network. Homogeneous, Windows-only networks will usually work somehow; >> not optimally, mind you, but they can be coerced into working. >> Heterogeneous networking environments, with many different types and >> versions of operating systems, are not so easy to use from Windows. > > the same can be said of Cisco based networks. Everything works "better" > with products of the same make. Even NFS between different un*x boxes has > issues. The fact that Cisco does something wrong doesn't somehow make it right for Windows. It's not a good excuse either. > 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. I don't see you supporting UNIX because "it's harder to use, so it must be what 'real men' use". Probably because this sort of argument is pointless.