[ale] OT: oh crap

[John Wells]

hbbs at comcast.net said:
> I'd learn to recognize the MS "alternatives" for well-established open
> standards...and avoid them.  I think that knocks AD and WINS right out.
>
> That, to me, is the biggest underlying difference between Win-world and
> Lin-world - it's the Windows Way of Doing Things vs. The Way of Doing
> Things.
> I always tell people to run stuff as though someone's going to bring in a
> Mac or a VAX or a Sun or an SGI or an RS/6000 any day.

Absolutely. One of my goals is to identify those facets of our current
setup that can be replaced and do so...however, I have to be able to
understand said facets, and also maintain them for the near future until
the time to remove them comes.

Thanks,
John