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Date:      Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:00:12 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com>, <TM4525@aol.com>, <stefan@swebase.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows
Message-ID:  <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEIPEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <055301c4bc4a$07dc5ae0$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Micheal Patterson [mailto:micheal@tsgincorporated.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:26 AM
> To: Ted Mittelstaedt; TM4525@aol.com; stefan@swebase.com
> Cc: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows
>
>
> Bottom Line.
>
> We're lazy, we've always been lazy and damn it, we WILL always look for
> something easier, more convienient that can do more.
>

Until something cheaper comes along.

Eazy+costly= nogo
Complex+cheap=don'tlike,but will do if it's cheaper than everything else
easy+cheap=everyone's favorite

Note that easy+cheap generally <> reliable but that is a different argument.

> So, to you, Windows is harder to administrate, to me Unix is harder to
> administrate.

THAT is a supportable position, and I agree that it is true for many.

It however leaves the question of which is more complicated, still open.

Ted



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