[ Thanks to Amy
Kucharik for this link. ]
“Human nature is inclined towards the familiar, and whether a
familiar method of solving a problem is the best or not makes
little difference if it has become our norm. The dental mechanic is
inclined to use tools of the trade no matter what the problem may
be, so it is not unusual to visit a dental laboratory to find the
chairs held together with dental resin.“The parallel to this is that the Windows networking engineer
will solve all file and directory access challenges with Windows
ACLs, and the UNIX administrator will find this predilection both
unnatural and awkward. Despite these opposing perspectives it is
necessary to deal with them in an environment where Samba is used
to provide Windows file and print services…”
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