On 1/25/10 6:39 PM, "Nick Peelman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The one thing I don't understand is how it can be called "bloated," especially > in the company of (no offense John) Entourage, Outlook. None taken. For most email use, e'rage is major overkill. > 2/3 of the programmers I know don't know how to configure their wireless > router properly. Spend some time in the real world. While I can applaud the > supposed breadth of knowledge you might display, given the opportunity, even > in my limited experience in IT, programmers know code, particularly the code > that they themselves write. They don't know IT. Trust me, i see proof of > this EVERY DAY when I have to circumvent, hack, patch, or otherwise pummel > some stupid ass Windows app into obeying Microsoft's own conventions so that > it can be deployed to 2000 XP clients and behave the same on every one of > them. There's a reason I'm a Mac geek. Heh...and even Apple has the same issues. Lemme tell you about the joys of how apple mods things like DNS some time. Ye.gods. Nick however, brings up a good point. Programmers are not sysdamins. It's a different skill set, even though there are some intersections. Most sysadmins can do enough programming to get them through the day, but they aren't Wil Shipley. On the flip side, I wouldn't want Wil running my network. Not that wil's a dumb guy, but it's a different skill set. Assuming that "if it makes programmers happy, everyone else will be too" is a false path to take. Unless that's all you care about -- John C. Welch Writer/Analyst Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list List help: http://lists.ranchero.com/listinfo.cgi/email-init-ranchero.com
