[Info-vax] OT: Arun Kishan

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 18-01-2010 08:31, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article<4b53c9b8$0$273$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> 	Arne Vajhøj<arne at vajhoej.dk>  writes:
>> But it is a lot easier for people with an education to get experience
>> than for people with experience to get an education.
>
> Not necessarily.  Experience requires a job, how many unemployed VMS
> people do you know?  Education can be done while working or not.  It
> only take time (and money in nmost cases, but financial aid is available).
> And it takes an equal amount of tioem to get 4 years of experience as it
> does for 4 years of education.   :-)

I am pretty sure that a much higher percentage of IT people have a job
than study at university level.

>> Almost everything is available for Windows.
>>
>> During the beta test of Windows 7 MS got data about
>> users running 800000 different software and version
>> combinations.
>
> Yes, but how many of them are things like "Frogger"?  :-)

Some probably are.

But that does not change that almost all software in the
world is available for Windows.

>> The *BSD's has a nice app base. But they are lacking in the
>> big commercial apps.
>
> And why is that?  Simply because the people who control FreeBSD (actually,
> all of the BSD's) have no interest in being any more than they are right
> now.  I think most of them think they are still with the CSRG and this
> is all just an academic endeavor.

It is not so important why (unless one want to change it). It is how
it is.

>> You can do a lot of things with Windows.
>>
>> But most sites don't.
>
> And, once again, how is that MS's fault?  Secure and stable is very
> doable.  I (and I am sure many other) do it every day.  I do it in
> an academic environment where "draconian" just is not allowed.  In
> business, draconian should be the word of the day.  One could even
> argue that not using very draconian sys admin methods in a business
> environment was not using due diligence!

People got spoiled early on and think the P in PC means Personal.

Arne