On 08/18/2010 05:54 PM, Jerry wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:12:11 -0500 > Rick Romero <r...@havokmon.com> articulated: > >> Yuck. The problem with such a generalization as 'making things >> easy', is that to do so the system needs to make decisions for the >> user. >> >> The reason I stay away from Windows is because it tends to make bad >> decisions. > > Every application makes assumptions about what the end user needs. > Dovecot as well as other applications such as Postfix have default > configuration files. The end user is responsible for tweaking these > files for their own preferences. > > Windows has the same capabilities. In fact, I have virtually never > found a setting that I could not change in a Windows environment. The > fact is that all too many users fail to RTFM and simply blame Windows > for their own laziness. >
I have used a lots of differer OS. First one was Solars, the IBM OS/2, then AIX, Then came "a shock therapy" - DOS. For a long time I can't believe that someone developed OS on which you can run only one program in same time.:) Then graphical GUI appeared for DOS - Windows 3.x - 9x Then first real OS (NT based, with some real multitasking at last). And.. here comes nightmare of configuration. If someone ever tried to tune up a little Windows or lets say configure custom MS AD setup... then You know - it means real nightmare dealing with registry. Mostly undocumented. If someone gives me contents of /etc form *BSD, OSX of Linux - in few hours it can be examine and all system configuration is clear. But I don' t now any admin who can explain at less 1/3 of his Windows server registry settings. Let's export MS Excange 2007 IMAP server relateed registry part. All setting clear...? if not - documented? E.g. try to configure MS Exchange to use Lotus Domino LDAP user database. Easy? I don't think so (while possible). With Dovecot it was 15 min admin task:) I realy don't now any other OS with so complex (and same time puerly document) configuration than Windows with it's registry.
