Mike Coslo wrote:


Ahh, the perspective issue! Agreed that getting to the command line
is a more efficient method, even on an Xserve. But I have to deal
with situations where I have to get a piece of hardware, anstall and
use it and any software needed, and meet a deadline.A real short
one. With the PC, we usually find that we have hardware limitations
(always cured by spending a few K), with Linux, we can spend a lot
of time looking for drivers, installing a program is always
exciting, and usually the deadline has come and gone in either case.

I use the Mac because I work with a computer, not get a computer to
work. I'll gladly concede that the other platforms/OS's are much
superior - certainly they must be, because they require a support
staff that knows many interesting and arcane things, and I just plug
away, meeting deadlines.

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -

Well, I guess I'm lucky in that respect, I just need to keep the email,
web, DNS, etc. running. The hardware involved is never an issue, since
the ethernet card is about all the OS has to find drivers for, and
installations of current RHEL and its derivatives are a snap to perform.
RAID is the most important "odd" hardware in my world, and it is
thankfully transparent to the OS in most cases.

tom
K0TAR