Subj : Re: Novell NetWare :)
To   : acn
From : 8-Bit
Date : Thu Jun 03 2021 16:53:01

 ac> 8B> I am the IT director for an educational coop in the US and we just
 ac> 8B> onboarded two schools that use some form of Netware or tools like
 ac> 8B> Zenworks. One school we are migrating over to Windows Server and while
 ac> 8B> other school we are onboarding, they are using Windows Server already,
 ac> 8B> they use Zenworks.
 ac> 
 ac> I never understood why anyone really wants a Windows Server system, and
 ac> I pity everyone who has to work on such systems (me included).
 ac> In the past, NetWare always was the better option and today a
 ac> Linux-based system would be my preferred choice. Especially as almost
 ac> all malware targets Windows+Outlook+Exchange+AD, which seems today's
 ac> variant of "no one ever got fired for buying IBM".

While I agree that a few years ago, it was pretty great. The integration with
Windows is lacking compared to a Windows server. While I don't know
everything that the new system does, I have learned to appreciate Microsoft
and their tools. We use Google for our email and most cloud storage and
AzureAD/Intune for cloud based Microsoft. Not much local AD except in the
schools and that will change in the next few years. Servers, I build many on
Ubuntu. It just works.

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