Re: [WinMac] NT Services for Mac vs. Dave & PC MacLan?

Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Sun, 07 Mar 1999 10:18:53 -0700

Adam wrote:
> Why is Dave, PC MacLan or any additional networking software necessary when
> AppleTalk, NT and Novell have all of this already built-in?

Because so many administrators have the idea that somehow running Macintosh
services on their servers will cause them to bog down, become incredibly
unstable, cause early hair loss and send 'Good Times' emails to everyone on
their network.

Because in 1986 Appletalk was a low speed very chatty protocol, and they don't
think that Macs can handle newfangled protocols like TCP/IP (gawds honest
troof...I was once told that by a sysadmin who really should have known
better) and so don't belong on 'their' network.

Because Macs are only used by artsy-fartsy types and heroin addicts (apologies
to Dave Barry) ;-)

Because in most places, people using Macs are treated as the red-haired
stepchildren by the system administrators, who don't understand why they don't
just give up and get assimilated by the MicroBorg Collective. After all
Windows systems are perfectly fine for the Sysadmins, so why should it be
different for anyone else in the enterprise.

Beacuse using Dave, you can fool the sysadmins into thinking that that box on
your desk is really a Windows workstation...all you have to do is fullscreen
Softwindows every time they come by...just tell 'em you recycled your Mac
monitor to save the company money...

Ok...I'll go take my meds and sit in the corner quietly, now, Nurse...

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