Re: www.microsoft.com sure needs a lot of silicon

On Thu, 24 Apr 1997 12:36:31 -0400, Grim Reaper <grim_at_grim.reaper.org> wrote:
> And as for this statement, you are half right, the reason Microslop is
> so popular with the companies like Dell, Compaq, gateway, etc is the
> fact MS is a hell of alot easier for the Computer newbie who has just
> bought a computer, and knows absolutely nothing, hey, just point and
> click, if you have a problem phone there technical support (I work as
> tech support for an ISP).

This works for just a very small number of installations. But I want to see a Windows NT admin who is able to administrate 100+ computers with Windows NT (or Windows-95) on his own.

The main problem with software from Microsoft is scalability.

Andreas.

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