Linked by Adam S on Tue 28th Sep 2004 22:29 UTC
I've been using Windows as a network administrator for just over 6 years now. I've used NT4 servers, 2000 servers, and Windows 2003, and there has been a tremendous improvement with each version. There are still some things that drive me nuts in my job, though, and this is a chronicle of the top five.
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The amount of rebooting needed by Windows is idiotic. I just installed Norton SystemWorks. After installing, I needed to reboot. Since I am used to the way Windows works, I expected this. But I was told to reboot a second and third time after running Live Update. That is ridiculous. It wasn't a yes/no choice either just click OK and boom.
I have no problem rebooting to replace critical system files but having to restart for a webbrowser upgrade is uncalled for.
In linux you can go without rebooting a lot longer than in windows. Of course you need to reboot if you upgrade your kernel but you don't need to do it RIGHT AWAY. Unless there is a CRITICAL security fix involved of course. Same applies for things like glibc. But if I upgrade my webserver software I just restart that piece of software and not reboot the entire system.
The excessive need to reboot in Windows makes me sick.
Windows was never made to serve in the first place. Servers do not need GUIs.