[Gllug] Controversial Joel Spolsky article

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 16:04, Tethys wrote:
> Mike Brodbelt writes:
> 
> >Windows sysadmins often maintain servers the same as their home PCs.
> >
> >So do Unix sysadmins, but this is often because Unix sysadmins have
> >absolutely no sense of when to stop where their home PCs are
> >concerned..... :-).
> 
> Hmmm. Yes, I think I probably fall into that category :-)
> 
> But I think the difference is that Unix admins tend to bring an "enterprise"
> mentality to their home systems, where Windows admins tend to bring a home
> PC mentality to their work systems, which goes a long way to explaining why
> so many businesses have problems with their Windows PCs. Yes, it's a trite
> answer, but there's too much truth to it for comfort...

I tend think it's very true on the whole. I'd also take a look from a
slightly different perpective, and say that in my experience, most
admins who move beyond the "home PC" mentality have a tendency to move
away from Windows as well. Of the people I know who I regard as
competent, while I can think of many who use Windows, I can't think of
any who use *only* Windows. This is of course an unscientific
oversimplification, but it's often surprisingly accurate.

Mike.

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