From: "Joe Barr" 

On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 21:42:55 +0000, Geo. wrote:

> I don't do a lot of scripting because (as one example) to backup a whole
> network of windows servers I just click checkboxes instead of writing a
> huge script to tar them all to tape, because I use frontpage instead of
> php, because I have a GUI scheduling tool, etc.
>
> Remember when you had to script things in a unix mail server just to
> create email accounts? Do you do that today or does your mail server have
> a nice http GUI front end for entering new emails, alias, and domains?
> Maybe when Unix grows up you too can stop scripting the most basic of
> functions. 
>
> Geo.
>
> "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> news:3e1add46$1{at}w3.nls.net...
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>> That's why you Windows weenies can't take care of as many boxes as Linux
>> sysadmins.  You work on an inferior scripting platform.
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>> On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 06:23:49 +0000, Geo. wrote:
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>> > "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
>> > news:3e1a473a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >
>> >> By the way, how much scripting do you do as a Windows sysadmin?
>> >
>> > Back in 1994 when I moved the company to NT I did a fair amount
>> > because the tools I had to work with were not mature. Today I do
>> > almost no scripting because we have much better tools.
>> >
>> > But I do still use things like perl for programs like mrtg.
>> >
>> > Geo.
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I thought Windows weenies claimed the problem with Unix was that it was too
old, not that it was immature.






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