[KLUG Members] Not a perfect world

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith]

Patrick Stockton wrote:
> Do these resourses exist in the Windows world?  Where
> does someone go to find out detailed information about
> the operating system that does not involve classes
> that cost 10's of thousands of dollars.

First off, understand that vendor training is concerned with:

  1.  Pushing vendor product
  2.  Differentiating resellers from one another

Of which, both are about making money.  It is a win-win situation
for the vendor selling the product and the reseller selling and
supporting it.  The customer has no role.

Here in Orlando, we have an NT user group.  The Orlando NT
Professional Association (ONTPA -- http://www.orlandont.org).  The
group and list is not about supporting sysadmins, its about
promoting certification and giving vendors an audience.  I, among
others, got slammed for posting and answering questions.  We left.

> What kind of support exists for the Windows operating
> system?

Microsoft's support search engine and a few other, select sites. 
What I personally cannot stand is how many "articles" are written to
be "Politically Correct" (PC) these days and do not tell you the
_real_problem_.

> Do there exist other Windows admins that are as willing
> to give up their highly expensive information as we seem
> to be with our knowledge?  WHERE IS THE WINDOWS
> DOCUMENTATION PROJECT?

It requires a license from Microsoft.  Reviewing a Microsoft product
without proper authority from Microsoft is a violation of its EULA. 
I have seen many reviews, from well-respective media outlets, get
yanked when they technically lambasted Microsoft versus OSS
solutions.

> We could all tell a Windows admin where to go to learn
> about Linux.  Where do you send a Linux admin to learn
> about Windows?

Good question.  One day Microsoft is going to awake to the fact that
there are Linux-only admins who don't understand Microsoft solutions
because there are no such answers.  That's when their marketshare
will topple.

-- TheBS

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