RE: I hate OpsConsole!

It boggles my mind that we're expected to administer a system with one of
the most reliable operating systems with a computer running on the least
reliable operating systems.

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:14:33 -0600, "Jim Damato"
<jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >In other words, they're behaving like Microsloth
> 
> It's a little worse than that.  With an NT/Win2K server, at least the
> server
> IS the console.  There are opportunities for layers of administrative
> software or remote administration, but at a minimum you plug in a
> keyboard,
> mouse, and monitor to your server and you're up.  You don't have to
> install
> a separate computer to administer your computer.
> 
> -Jim
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:28 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: I hate OpsConsole!
> 
> 
> Seems to me that the whole "built-in console" issue could be provided for
> by the simple expedient of building an off-the-shelf 3488 LU, and perhaps
> a KVM switch, so the keyboard and VGA monitor can be shared with
> something
> else, into the CPU cabinet itself.
> 
> Those people who actually WANT OpsConsole and OpsNav are welcome to them.
> But shoving them down customers' throats is insane. All I ask is that IBM
> stop withholding terminal-based access to the functions that are only
> available through GUI bloatware.
> 
> It's easy enough to see why they would do such a thing. Base greed, plain
> and simple. They figure, if a shop has to have a Client Access
> installation, and all the server programs needed to support it, then
> they'll be more likely to become Client Access shops, instead of going to
> Wall Data, WRQ, BOS, Touchtone, or (heaven forbid) REAL TERMINALS for
> user
> desktops.
> 
> In other words, they're behaving like Microsloth.
> 
> --
> JHHL
> 
> 
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