Hey, you don't have to reboot to change IPs anymore. <grin> I wish more of this M$ bashing energy was put into making linux a more viable solution.
Here you have a MCSE (started with MS networking when I was 23) who is completely willing to switch to linux. I earned my MCSE to battle the "you're a dumb kid" comments and it worked. I back it up with years of experience from the DOS days where you needed to know things such as low-level formatting, IRQ's, etc. Most computer concepts and usage comes very easily to me. After stumbling with linux on and off I have to say that Microsoft has a good thing going. They have a total solution that works pretty well. If most of these companies and users had to wait for linux they wouldn't be where they are today. Understand that I REALLY want to switch to linux but you seem to wonder why people just don't get it. Its not easy, its not even close. I have been able to learn more about Windows and creating an entire corporate network in less time than it has taken me to figure how to open a simple MDB file in linux. You can call me names, tell me I'm stupid or ignorant. It won't change the fact that a VERY experience computer user is having trouble with 'the best operating system ever'. I have to say that since I've joined a few mailing lists I've received more help for free than I have from Microsoft. When I started with my latest stint of linux usage I choose from three packages, RedHat, SuSe, and Mandrake. RedHat lost because I'm somewhat scared they are getting proprietary, but I'd probably use them on the server side. SuSe lost fast because I couldn't even install it on my new Dell, no network card found. I settled on Mandrake, also my neighbors 2nd choice. Here I am, an MCSE that has gotten a clue if you will. On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 18:33, Cory wrote: > I have worked with MCSE's on and off for about 5 years now, and why is it > that me, being a 23 year old has far greater knowledge with regards to > computers, network administration, implementation concepts, etc. etc. than > ANYONE I have ever worked with who holds the MCSE title? > I worked with this one guy, who was getting paid just over 2x the salary > that I was making who had no idea of what an IRQ is, why they are needed, > why most devices needed their own. He had spent nearly a week at a client's > site, billing that client for his time there, just to get a 3rd network card > installed onto an NT4.0 box, until that Friday, I visit the site to see if > he needed a hand. I offer my help, and his response was "what do you know? > "Youre just a kid". I neglected to answer that, and proceeded to change the > conflicting IRQ to one that was available. 3 minutes is what it took for me > to solve a problem that a guy with a $15000 "education" couldn't do in a > week. The bill worked out to a little over $3000 to the client for "a dumb > kid" to configure a NIC in 3 minutes... is this the kind of service that's > good for business? > His entire lifestyle (wage, ie new car, decent house etc.) was based upon a > title, not the product of his efforts. I'm sorry to all you out there that > ARE MCSE's... I'm sorry that you had to spend so much money to be mocked by > someone like me who can literally run circles around your knowledge of > computers (There ARE some who actually do know a lot about computers, but I > can guarantee that the knowledge you possess did not come from any of > Microsoft's training regimes). What do you do when windows doesn't start? Is > "re-install" the only solution there is? I ask those of you who ARE MCSE's > this: In a production environment, is it acceptable for a reboot to be > required on your server when you install an upgrade (aka. Service pack), > change an ip, or create/delete partitions on drives? Is uptime #1 on your > priority list? Is money for licensing costs an endless resource? What about > Security/privacy, would you like your server formatted one night because the > manufacturer of your product didn't worry about getting it right the first > time, and just said "let's release it, and we can fix it later with 54 > hotfixes and service packs"? Do you like the fact that any sort of > "Customization" to the operating system itself will either get you sued or > imprisioned? Have you ever wondered WHY Microsoft OS'es have such a bad > reputation? If you ever actually use another OS, you will see what it is > that creates this opinion. Try it! And you wont even have to pay anything to > do so... > The problem here is that you have become cattle... follow what everyone else > wants, don't think for yourself, don't ask yourself what you will really > achieve, or how you will really benefit the company you work for. I have > been hired as part of the IT staff, and none of us have had ANY official > Microsoft training of any kind. In the interview I was asked what my > training level was. My response was "None, officially", then he asked if I > would like to get my MCSE in the future, and I said a lot of what's in this > post. Now I'm here. > > Cory Grey > Coastal Pacific Xpress > www.cpx.ca > (604) 575-0983 > > -----Original Message----- > From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Well OT: Re: [newbie] Hahaha, did you see? > > Qupte from the linked article: > > > Just as the AdTI showed that people who've actually worked with > MCSE's have a higher opinion of them than people who haven't > > What? There are actually people out there who have a high opinion of > MSCEs? ;-) > > > Sir Robin > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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