OldSysadmin - Slashdot User

Subject	Datestamp	Replies	Score
Re:Sys Admins: What's hard about Windows admin?	*Thursday January 10, 2002 @10:30PM		0
Re:Sys Admins: What's hard about Windows admin?	*Thursday January 10, 2002 @07:39PM		0
Sys Admins: What's hard about Windows admin?	*Wednesday January 09, 2002 @10:04PM	1	0, Offtopic
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I've been a system admin for many years on many operating systems. I got talked into working for Microsoft as a contractor even though I hate their operating systems. I have been asked to give a presentation to some executives to help them understand *specifically* what admins don't like about Windows and why. I've given this a lot of thought over some years but would like to get additional input from other system admins who have been in the field for a long time (over 10 years) and have administered a variety of shared operating systems (e.g. VMS, VM, Unix, Windows NT, Novell, Banyan,... both mainframes and fileservers). I have a brief window of time in which to present our case and I don't want to leave anything out. Help me get them to understand.

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