Re: At last, the big zamboni hits the playing field

[Michael Rogero Brown <brownmic@plhp002.comm.mot.com>]

> 
> 
> Hmm, that wasn't fire on gasoline, that was light shining through the
> smoke.  Thanks for setting me, and possibly some others, straight on
> this.
> 
> I think your post may be very useful for folks seeking to explain the
> zero administration myth to their own management, since I had never
> heard anyone explicitly describe the technology and specific application
> thereof precisely before.  I definitely agree that the salesdroid force
> has represented it differently, either out of ignorance or perhaps a
> desire to reassure the customer (not coincidentally helping to make the
> sale).

When M$ put forth this ZAI and ZAK, I had to explain to our management types
that M$'s Zero Administration did NOT mean 'zero administrators'.  My 
explaination was much like the previous one just given.

However, M$ has for some time been pushing NT to corporate types as being
a cheaper OS to maintain because it does need all those expensive sysadmins
like Unix does.  Then on the flip side they sell their MSCE to would be 
NT Sysadmins as a way to make lots of money admining all those NT servers 
bought by corporate types sold on the idea that NT doesn't need them.  Hmmmm.

> 
> Goes to show me you're never too old to dig a little deeper before
> mouthing off.  :-)
> 
> It sounds like raising awareness of the ZA Kit could actually greatly
> assist some folks in heterogenous OS environments who need more tools to
> keep users from overly customizing Windows desktops.  Sounds like a
> great topic for a LISA paper.  
> 

O'Reilly published a book on the ZAK. Should take a look at it.

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