[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill for this link. ]
“Is NetWare the better OS, or is it NT, Linux or Unix, and if it
is Unix–what flavor? Myself, I don’t know that I have ever known
the answer to that, each one has had it’s place in a server room,
some better suited than others, while others were shaped by what
the accounting department and other department software packages
dictate.”
“From these articles that I write, I receive a substantial
amount of e-mail from computer and network people alike from around
the world, and many times I’m surprised when I discover that the
e-mail I just read was from someone where English wasn’t their
first language. Regardless of their nationality, they all seem to
speak about just how disappointed they are with the Software
Company of the operating system that they’ve dedicated their career
to.”
“NT Admins say that they don’t like how Microsoft turned their
backs on them by retiring their certification, so that they can
cash in on the next version of certifications. Novell Admins are
afraid that they are administering a dinosaur and are going to be
left behind, and there are Unix Admins that feel like all of their
loyal efforts have gone commercial. I don’t know if these companies
simply forgot who’s been supporting them all of these years, don’t
care or if their hands are tied by board members and stock shares.
Whatever their reasons, they better be careful because Linux is
starting to look a whole hell of lot better. This ugly little
duckling, (or penguin) just found a new market, a bunch of NT,
NetWare and Unix administrators that are tired of being used to
sell product and certifications like Amway salespeople /
customers.“