UNIX v Win2k

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Barry Margolin <barmar at genuity.net> wrote:
> In article <abpmi8$m8k$1 at isrv4.isc.org>,
> James Gray <james-spam.sux-gray at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>>Barry raises some good points but I think the day-to-day administration of a
>>*nix server can be simplified to the point where a even a Windows user could
>>manage it.  There are many web-based GUI tools to manage *nix servers and
>>the most mature of these IMHO is Webmin.  It even has a specific DNS admin
>>module for managing zones and all that entails.

> You still need someone competent enough with Unix to install the tools.

> And remember, most of these systems have not been maintained at all since
> the Unix sysadmin left several years ago.  They've just been sitting there
> in "if it ain't broke we won't fix it" mode.  Then a CERT Advisory comes
> out, saying "upgrade BIND *now*" and there's no one left who can do it.

> Most Microsoft sysadmins seem to be barely competent to manage the Windows
> systems -- they're totally dependent on Windows doing everything for them.
> Do you really want those types trying to administer Unix systems?

Isn't this one of the very few cases where outsourcing really is 
a Good Thing ?  If these systems are un*x systems they can easily
be remote -managed. ( Yes, with a load of third-party tools and
a fast car windows system may also be , in a way, remote managed).

Same goes with mail and firewall tecnology. Better to have them 
managed then unmanaged. DNS in no exception, it only has more
layers of redundancy then the other two.

> -- 
> Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
> Genuity, Woburn, MA
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