[H-GEN] Re: Unix vs NT [long; both informative and then religious]

[Martin Pool]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Martin Pool <martinp at mincom.com>)

Marc Dergacz wrote:

> I dont by any means like or prefer to use NT but like many other admins, am forced to use it.
> It is possible to *purchase* a telnet daemon for NT and then remotely log into the box.
> Configuring NT from the command line is *aweful* and is not readily suggested as a means to fix
> something. But if you desperatly need to do it that way, then it is possible.

Some of our NT boxes here run telnetd, but a number of programs that
_seem_ to be perfectly normal command-line things (like compilers, say)
_won't run_ in a telnet session, presumably because somewhere they make
an assumption they're in a local command window.  Another example is
some versions of the NT telnet client.  (Imagine a unix system that
didn't let you telnet through one box to another -- they'd be laughed
out of town.)

--
Martin

i must say the linux community is a lot nicer than the unix
community. a negative comment on unix would warrent death
threats. with linux, it is like stirring up a nest of butterflies.
			-- Ken Thompson

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