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:osOpinion: The newbie network administrator and open source: I fear Skippy
osOpinion: The newbie network administrator and open source: I fear Skippy
Jan 11, 2000, 06 :46 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5946 reads)

(Other stories by Xavier Basora)

[ Thanks to Kelly McNeill for this link. ]

"In general I find Skippy so endearing. Here's a young person who's starting out his first real job. I can bet you that the secretaries give poor Skippy lots of homemade cookies and muffins while he slaves late into the night setting up the network or installing software that the suits are too lazy or too fearful to install."

"Skippy is at least forthright that he's not too inexperienced about both LINUX and NT. However, that inexperience doesn't deter him from concluding that NT is superior. My jaw hit the floor in incredulity at the sheer chutzpah. Here's a wet behind the ears kid who got his MSCE last year by the Great Innovator and suddenly Skippy's endowed with expertise...."

"What so outrages me is your total lack of initiative because Mommy Microsoft will take care of everything...."

Complete Story

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LinuxNewbie: Why I Chose NT Over Linux (Jan 05, 2000)


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I allways have thought that an MSCE is l ...   MSCD   
ac
Jan 11, 2000, 09:06:43
 
skippy correct,mcse's are not givcen ...   skippy correct   
Comsario
Jan 11, 2000, 12:21:29
 
I read Skippy's article, too.I agree ...   You scare me more than Skippy   
dinotrac
Jan 11, 2000, 13:33:29
 
He still has Linux installed.  He still  ...   I don't fear Skippy   
Esko Woudenberg
Jan 11, 2000, 16:53:13
 
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