On 08/18/2010 05:54 PM, Jerry wrote:
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:12:11 -0500 Rick Romero rick@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.