Torgeir:
Thank you for that information. It makes my gratuitous comment almost worthwhile. Albeit,
it was more or less a whine.
Dave
| "David H. Lipman" wrote:
|
| > It is my personal belief that one of the reasons MS Windows sux as a server platform is
| > becuase the Resource Kit utilities are separate. They belong to and should be shipped
with
| > the server version's of MS OS's. One of the reasons I think Novell is better -- Its
the
| > wealth of utilities that come with the Novell OS, stock.
|
| Hi
|
| At least it has been some improvements for Win2k3 Server. It includes several of the Win2k
RK
| tools as part of the OS, and the Win2k3 RK is free to download from Microsoft's Web site.
|
|
| This e-mail that the Microsoft's "Scripting Guys" just sent out also is a step in the
right
| direction (if TechNet Tools Center becomes a reality):
|
| Subject: Scripting Newswire: A Few Notes and One Question
|
| <quote>
| And now for the question. A proposal has been made to create a TechNet Tools Center. This
would
| be roughly akin to the Script Center, except it would be focused on all the command line
tools
| Microsoft has ever created. (Well, at least those from NT 4.0 on anyway.) Details are
still
| being debated, but most likely the Tools Center would include:
|
| * Some nicely-indexed method for finding a tool that performs a particular task.
| * All the documentation for all the tools gathered in one place.
| * Updates to tools and tool documentation.
| * The ability to download tools individually. (Right now, for example, you can download
the
| Windows 2003 Resource Kit tools, but you have to download and install the entire set of
tools,
| even if you only want one.)
|
| At any rate, that's the idea. So what's my question? Well, as is typically the case here,
some
| people think this is a really good idea and something customers will love, other people
think
| it's a really bad idea and something customers will hate. Seeing as how most of you ARE
| customers, we decided to quit arguing about what we THINK customers will or will not like,
and
| just ask you straight out: Would you be interested in seeing a Tools Center on TechNet?
Would
| you be likely to patronize the Tools Center? Do you have any suggestions for things you
think
| absolutely MUST be in such a Center?
|
| If you have any thoughts on the matter (or just want to reply with a YES or NO), I'd love
to
| hear from you. I'll collect responses for a week or two, and then forward them on to the
powers
| that be. And, I'll keep you all posted on the consensus.
|
| Thanks, guys. Like I said, if you have any thoughts at all on the matter, I'd love to hear
| them.
|
| Greg Stemp
| Microsoft Scripting Guy
|
| </quote>
|
| Send an e-mail to e.g. (e-mail address removed) (with ref. to Greg Stemp) if you want to
give
| some feedback on the above (if you subscribe to the Scripting Newswire, you will have Greg
| Stemp's e-mail address as well)...
|
|
| --
| torgeir
| Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
| Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
|
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter
|
|
