[NTLUG:Discuss] linux usage and fruitcakes [way off topic]

[Kenneth Loafman]

james osburn wrote:
> linux usage and fruitcakes.
> 
> linux [and fruit cake] is probably not for everyone.
> god i hope linux wasn't crammed down everyones
> throat  (like a big hunk of fruit cake).
> i have worked for several place where employees
> were told to do XYZ and give a deadline but never
> given the tools to get XYZ.  or trained to use the tools
> they have, but these same employees
> knew that if they had office or some othere proprietary
> software they would be able to finish assigned task
> and keep thus jobs.
> 
> firing just seems kind of extreme but this is your
> place.
> sorry i had to opine.
> also i really dont care for fruitcake.

There are tools for every job.  Much as I would not use a wrench to
hammer in a nail, I would not use Windows to do high-reliability file
service.  Once can be used for the other, but if you use a wrench to
hammer a nail, it takes a while.  If you use Windows for anything that
requires reliability, you'll get some reliability, but not enough.

...Ken