[mdlug] *nix company roll call

[Aaron Kulkis]

Robert Adkins wrote:
> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> Hah.
>>
>> Why is it that 10 people can administrate 5,000 Unix desktops and
>> servers all over the country from one room in Troy, but an equivalent
>> number of Windows desktops requires over 100 admins, with at least
>> one admin at each site.
>>
>>   
>     Hmm... looks like Windows is better for the labor market then.
> 
>     Without Windows, there would be fewer positions in Information 
> Technology for people to fight over.

But most of them don't belong in IT in the first place.

That's why even though Windows admin instructions are referred
to as "cook books", they tend to look more like coloring books,
and "my extensive collection of screenshot files" no matter how
non-graphical the task (such as mounting a remote filesystem).