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To: AppyPappy

11 years to retirement here...

I mostly work with MS servers and workstations, but even there... effective administration is easier if you install remote powershell and script certain functions.

I keep a few flavors of linux around for practice. Found the linux subsystem for Windows pretty much useless.

There are some things where a server operates much more efficiently WITHOUT a gui, but as for workstations... the end user would be lost without their point-n-click.


41 posted on 12/12/2025 10:58:22 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Dead Corpse

I managed an MS server VM. I was the only person managing it. I finally had to dump it one someone. I was still making changes when they yanked my access. It was constantly running out of memory. Adding RAM would not have fixed the problem. I went back 9 months later and no one had touched it. I stayed on for 8 months when I noticed I hadn’t spent the money I made.
I gave them 2 months notice and bailed. I miss writing code but when you retire, you have to make retirement your new career.


42 posted on 12/12/2025 11:12:18 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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