On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Robert Lazzurs <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 16:40, Rainer Duffner <rai...@ultra- 
> secure.de> wrote:
>> Michael DeHaan schrieb:
>>>
>>> We don't really have a vested interest in making Windows physical
>>> deployments easy to deploy.
>>>
>
> Hello,
>
> So just to add my 2c in...
>
> This statement worries me, I would suggest while we as a community
> should encourage the use of FOSS operating systems do we really want
> to take an RMS style view on this?  Cobbler from my POV should be a
> generic systems management and will work best if it can document and
> deploy your whole infrastructure, re my earlier comments about
> upgrading iLO cards and network devices from Cobbler.
>
> Windows is not going to be going away from the data centre any time
> soon and while I believe everything should be virtual unless there is
> a good reason not to be not everyone has that view.
>

This is pretty much how I feel about it, but again I'm biased :)


>>> This list becoming 1/2 about Windows questions would not be good  
>>> -- and
>>> it distracts us from the core mission.
>>>
>>
>> Indeed.
>> Supporting Windows just sucks too many resources.
>
> Would these support requests not be balanced out by an increased
> number of Windows users on the list?
>
> Again just my thoughts, if the community wants to provide and support
> Windows deployment on tin then why not allow it?
>
> Take care.

My thought regarding this would be to spin off a new list if it ever  
got that bad.

>
> _______________________________________________
> cobbler mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
>
> -- 
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
>

-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.

_______________________________________________
cobbler mailing list
[email protected]
https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

Reply via email to