Re: Web Migration FAQ Draft 2.0

[Aaron Turner <aturner@linuxkb.org>]

On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Michael Viron wrote:

> At 04:31 PM 11/08/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 06:35:58PM -0600, Michael Viron wrote:
> >> "Q Why do we have to migrate to a NT server?
> >> A Moving the university web pages from a UNIX server to a Windows NT server
> >> will provide the university with greater security and stronger integration
> >> with the rest of the university systems."
> >
> >Greater security?  What is this guy smoking.  I would refer to the many
> recent
> >stories at CNN and other major news outlets of major NT security bugs,
> >emphasizing how many of them have not been patched and the lack of such
> >security nightmares on Linux.
> >
> >I would recommend changing your text from configuration issues, which are not
> >very compelling, to evidence that they are making a poor, uninformed
> decision.
> Regardless of what I do at this point, they are planning to go forward with
> switching to NT--The old linux server will be turned off for good by Jan
> 30, 2000.  What I am trying to do is to correct misconceptions that the
> "Web Migration" team has concerning Linux.
> Mike


Pointless effort.  If they've already made their decision, your mere words
won't change anything.  Just do what I do- wait until it blows up and then
smile as you say "I told you so..." :-)