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Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT
From: "Edward S. Marshall" <emarshal () logic net>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 10:43:22 -0500 (CDT)
On Mon, 25 May 1998, Alex P. Rudnev wrote:
You are wrong a little. The difference is: - if you use MS and it don't work, your boss blame to BILL GATES. - if you use FreeBSD (or Linux, through FreeBSD is better for the networking) and it don't work, your boss blame _guess, who? - YOU_ .
No, your boss will blame you in -both- cases, because you chose the final problem solution. It doesn't matter if the core cause was faulty software, poor installation, or a compatibility issue: in any case, it was -your- responsibility to be aware of the problems before putting a live system in place. You, however, can either: a) blame Bill Gates/Linus Torvalds/Theo De Raadt/etc., in which case you probably won't have a job for long, since passing the buck doesn't keep you employed very long. b) fix the problem, either by adding/upgrading software (the only real NT way), or by tracking down the source of the problem and fixing it yourself. The "your boss will be mad if something goes wrong" argument is FUD, frankly. If a solution you put together goes bad, it won't matter what you built it on...it's still -your- solution. And what does any of this have to do with NANOG anyway? -- -------------------. emarshal at logic.net .--------------------------------- Edward S. Marshall `-----------------------' http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ Linux labyrinth 2.1.101 #2 SMP Sun May 10 22:34:20 GMT 1998 i586 unknown 10:35am up 4 days, 11:40, 3 users, load average: 0.16, 0.24, 0.22
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- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Lehrer, Neil (May 14)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Kevin Steves (May 16)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Owen DeLong (May 14)
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- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Michael Dillon (May 14)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Lehrer, Neil (May 14)
- Re[2]: Wired Q: Embedded NT dnewman (May 14)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Leigh Porter (May 23)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Peter Galbavy (May 25)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Alex P. Rudnev (May 25)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Edward S. Marshall (May 25)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Phil Howard (May 26)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Morgan Sarges (May 26)
- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT Leigh Porter (May 23)
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- Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT dirk (May 25)
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