[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Strange Request, Maybe?

[Richard Geoffrion]

ok.. MY .02..

M$ Wingnuts products ARE in fact much easier to use.  Here's a simple
scenario.


The utility power blinks for off for two seconds thus rebooting 25
workstations. (They don't have UPSes...like many workstations out there)
Upon reboot, weveral users have a file system error that fsck can't fix it
automatically.  Now how many users are going to be able to go into
maintenance mode and run e2fsck with the proper commands to fix the error?
In this regard, Winslows has the upper hand as far as ease of use.

Now, someone may come back and explain to me that there are better distros
out there that handle file system errors.  Or maybe there are better ways to
configure Linux to handle these errors on its own.  Well, until the ease of
use approaches that of Windblows, I don't see it replacing too many pMS
workstations any time soon.

-Richard
(Slackware for servers, Wingtoes for workstations)