[THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k SP4
- From: "Lucas Boyken" <lboyken@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 14:47:07 -0500
Unfortunately, I think that you are lumping a lot of people in the same
group with you above and beyond their capabilities. Many people want to
take their car in to a "trained" professional to have it serviced. It
is kept on the service record and you know that all work done is backed
by the manufacture. Thus, if your car goes belly up, you are left with
a very wide avenue for recourse. Many computer users are the same way.
Not only do they want the reassurance that a "trained" professional is
fixing their problems, they might not be comfortable doing it
themselves. Thus, they will take it into people that charge an arm n' a
leg to get something that you or I could do very quickly and cheaply.
This is the world we live...
Respectfully,
Lucas W. Boyken
Computer Systems Associates
Account Manager / Technical Representative
lboyken@xxxxxxxxx
Company Phone: 800.222.7601
Office Phone: 515.332.2751
Fax: 515.332.5687
-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus [mailto:magnus@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:25 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k SP4
sorry I sent it out before I finished my thought on it
Tech support and userr training Due to the nature of most open
source applications the documentation is awesome and very easy to
read(it has to be ) so if the person can read they should be able to use
it and / or troubleshoot it to a certain extent(depending on their tech
ability) there are also alot of very very useful newsgroups that help.
I am not advocating Linux or Microsoft or any other OS or
application. I believe that if I buy something I shouldhave the ability
to fix it or give it a tuneup every once in a while and not have to
depend on programmers that sometime have no clue.
Like I stated before it is like haveing a car and not being able
to change the oil yourself or rotate the tires but rather you have to
take it to GM to have them do it and charge you alot of money for it
Magnus
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Jarrett-Norton
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:38 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k SP4
But what about the overhead that small companies /
business would have to spend for either one of the accounting employees
to learn / use Linux or for them to hire an IT person who knows Linux?
Most people know some Windows basics already and know how most office
programs work. This is not M$ being the dominator and forcing it down
peoples throat but rather they have been around a relatively long time
and are a known name. When you buy a M$ product yes some of your
proceeds go into Marketing to get their name out. What other than word
of mouth between IT people and news coverage is the Marketing of generic
Linux?
Also, I have not worked in Linux mind you but truly how
hard is it to fix those bugs and to get a program that you want to use
working on Linux? Even though they might cost less or be free as far
as the software goes what is the overhead on the Technical support and
the user training side? I do not know nor do I claim to be an expert in
either M$ or Linux but just looking at the total picture this is what I
see. I have been this discussion for years and as I stated in my first
post each side will defend their side until "death".
Bruce Jarrett-Norton
-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus [mailto:magnus@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:51 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k SP4
The bugzilla report that you refer to is the Red
Hat 9 which was publicly release about a month or so ago. They show
bug fixes from alpha code to post release unlike other OS manaufactures
do.
Also if you look to see who is actually fixing
most of these bugs pre public release you will notice that they have
public help with it due to it beig open source, which in turn keeps the
product devlopement overhead significantly lower which they pass on to
the customer who buys it.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sjolund, Dag
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:38 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k
SP4
Keeping services available are generally
more likely to be design and "best practices" issues, not platform or
application issues.
Make sure you don't ignore the extensive
bug list your "stable" linux installations may carry, though. Just
because you may not know about them doesn't mean they are not there.
Here is an example of what you may see from Redhat (may wrap).
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/reports.cgi?product=Red+Hat+Linux&d
atasets=NEW%3A&datasets=ASSIGNED%3A&datasets=REOPENED%3A&datasets=UNCONF
IRMED%3A
...at least that is down from ~38000 or
so bugs documented through January 2003...
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/reports.cgi?product=Red+Hat+Linux&d
atasets=CLOSED%3A
Happy computing!
Dag
-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus [mailto:magnus@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:10 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k
SP4
They do hack linux in order to find its
flaws before it is a production release or RTM which microsoft doesnot
that is the whole problem they do not do enough testing which makes
there OS and server applications less stable. Some might say they do
it for monetary reasons and that is understandable but if they were open
source they would have alot more people testing and fixing there code
for a far less monetary expense
Magnus
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Jarrett-Norton
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:57 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] [OT]:RE: Re: Win2k SP4
But look at who is using and trying to
"break" the systems. Why would hackers try to hack Linux and find its
flaws? I mean it is the same as saying that GroupWise is more Secure
than Exchange. Exchange is more widely used that GW and thus has a
larger % of people trying to break it. GW and Lotus Notes both work on
MS Windows platforms. Why are these left out of the argument that Linux
is better? No matter how you look at it there is not and will not be,
as far as I can see, a good apples to apples comparison for Linux v. MS
v. Novell. This is just the nature of the beast and each side will
defend their side to the "death".
Bruce Jarrett-Norton
-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus [mailto:magnus@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:38 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Win2k SP4
In my own experience with MS exchange
and a Linux Open Source Email server (that has the same functionality as
exchange ) I have had 458 days of uptime with the Linux version with no
issues, bugs, security flaws(exploits, holes...etc) as with the exchange
server I am patching it every 2 to 4 weeks and their are more security
issues with exchange (Exchange 2000 with sp2 installed their are at
least 20 security exploits and bugs with it right now according to CERT
and SANS)
That is why I stated that Linux is more
stable. Although the hard data is from our own deployment of both
Magnus
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lucas Boyken
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:25 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Win2k SP4
The comment you made about Linux being
more stable than Windows is subjective. Unless hard data is available,
an apples to apples comparison, I cannot hold this statement to be
either true or false. Windows has a larger market share and is used for
more applications at this point in time than Linux. Open source, I will
conceed, is a great way to work as a community to solve problems.
However, the old adage that too many cooks in a kitchen only spoils the
reciepe might apply in this case. Of course you are bound to see some
changes in how the code works, what it can do, etc. However, with open
source does come problems that you don't have in a closed environment
that Microsoft enjoys. We must remain objective, that is all that I am
stressing. When sweeping comments charge that one is better than the
other without any hard data, that is when we get into battles of opinion
instead of battles of fact.
Respectfully,
Lucas W. Boyken
Computer Systems Associates
Account Manager / Technical
Representative
lboyken@xxxxxxxxx
Company Phone: 800.222.7601
Office Phone: 515.332.2751
Fax: 515.332.5687
-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus [mailto:magnus@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:21 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Win2k SP4
Just food for thought
If Microsoft went to Open source we
would have alot less problems, That is why Linux is alot more stable
than Windows would be. Also the fact that 3rd party software vendors do
not adhere to OS programming standards doesnt suprise me when 30 to 45%
of the time Microsoft's own programmers do not adhere to those
standards.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lucas Boyken
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:50 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Win2k SP4
Neil,
After a while, you will see that I enjoy
the discussion more so than the actual position that I take in that
discussion. I hope this leaves no hard feelings between us. At the end
of the day, I like learning about what makes people tick, why they
choose the positions they take, etc.
Respectfully,
Lucas W. Boyken
Computer Systems Associates
Account Manager / Technical
Representative
lboyken@xxxxxxxxx
Company Phone: 800.222.7601
Office Phone: 515.332.2751
Fax: 515.332.5687
-----Original Message-----
From: Braebaum, Neil
[mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:45 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Win2k SP4
You do realise the irony of your
perspective, now, is almost a U-turn from the one you were arguing
against me, regarding Microsoft and their software quality-control? ;-)
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Lucas Boyken
[mailto:lboyken@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 July 2003 16:35
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Win2k SP4
Importance: High
Slow down. SP4, and a majority of the
service packs released, work fine with Microsoft products. Simply
because you have chosen a third party piece of software, you cannot
blame Microsoft for all the adverse reactions that it has to new
updates. Microsoft can only control the code that they put into their
products. They cannot control, to a large degree, the code that third
party vendors put into their products. We have had this discussion
before on this board, and it just dawned on me why I have suffered so
few errors with service packs compared to many of the responses I have
recieved. Could it be, and this is just a suggestion, but could it be
because a majority of you are using Citrix that this is the cause of
many of your headaches and not Microsoft. Let me make a point,
Microsoft develops and manufactures software, and this software is the
only code that they have direct control over. If a third party
vendor/manufacturer decides to code a program and doesn't follow the
guidelines set out in the OS's whitepapers, etc. any errors or problems
should not automatically be assigned to Microsoft. We must look at the
total picture and realize that there is a lot in play here. Very
possibly it could be that Citrix has not be coding correctly or to the
standards that Microsoft has put out.
Respectfully,
Lucas W. Boyken
Computer Systems Associates
Account Manager / Technical
Representative
lboyken@xxxxxxxxx
Company Phone: 800.222.7601
Office Phone: 515.332.2751
Fax: 515.332.5687
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Murphy
[mailto:brian_murphy@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:10 PM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Win2k SP4
Importance: High
Gee. Sounds exactly like my issue a few
posts back....
"Post SP4 Issue - Desktop Login"
How hard is it to create a Service Pack
that doesn't screw everything up?
I could understand the first, 2nd, and
maybe the 3rd SP but come on guys. This is the 4th SP.
Luckily, I have not deployed this to any
production systems yet but this is still ridiculous.
Frank,
Just curious. What type of Hardware was
this deployed on and were any other updates applied other than the
Service Pack during the same time frame?
Thanks.
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