Funnily, the basis of NT, VMS, was designed for exactly that reason and mad that exact promise =D Well, to replace unix. On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 9:22 PM, George Toft wrote: > When I was in Graduate School, one of the instructors said Windows NT was > going to make Linux obsolete in 2 years. That was 17 years ago. I don't > put much credibility in college instructor predictions :) > > Regards, > > George Toft > > > On 5/24/2015 4:23 PM, parabellum7@yahoo.com wrote: > >> Yesterday, I met an individual going to ITT. We discussed our respective >> areas of study and goals. Personally, I have a strong interest in Open >> Source and Wireless. I'm also doing a CompTIA Network+ prep course through >> the Maricopa County Library. It's free if you have a library card and a >> wealth of info regardless if you're going to get that cert or not. He >> claims his instructors say any of the CompTIA certs are worthless. He also >> says he actually 'hates open source' and his instructors are telling him >> it's a 'dead-ender'. That pretty much left me speechless. >> >> >> I know I'm preaching to the choir on this part, but much of the web and >> cloud runs on 'nix and it seems to be the preferred services offered. I've >> read multiple articles that many big outfits are migrating to Open Source. >> Major manufacturers are selling machines with 'nix as an option and guess >> what Google uses in their data centers? Even consumer grade routers say >> 'Open Source Ready' on the box and the fine print says they're compatible >> with DD-WRT. Oh, and then there's that whole Android thing. >> >> >> Are they really teaching those attitudes? Or maybe this individual is >> confused. Is it even possible to get into the big-leagues of networking >> without needing to know Open Source OS & apps? >> >> >> >> -K >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com