From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 06:00:40 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 32B0D16A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:00:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE8E43D53 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:00:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) i9T60CY03781; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:00:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Micheal Patterson" , , Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:00:12 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <055301c4bc4a$07dc5ae0$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 cc: 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: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 06:00:40 -0000 > -----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