Re: [cobalt-users] Permissions and Ownership command

[Tim Dunn <tdunn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I just had to reply to this.  I bought the cobalt raq because I was
> assured by the sales guy selling it that it would be no problem to
> administer it and very little intervention would be required.  I have 11
> months of the contract to go and counting ...

Okay, here's the summary from where I sit (as a nobody):

1) These questions aren't Cobalt questions, they're Unix questions.
   There are many books, online primers and even realtime irc channels
   (#unixhelp and #nixhelp on EFnet, the latter of which I regularly
   participate and *not* flame people for asking these questions therein)

   The first rule for getting what you want is to ask for what people
   are ready to deliver.  You don't ask for a hamburger at a chinese
   resturant (unless you're 6), and you shouldn't expect a product-
   specific list to help you with topics only ancillary to the product,
   especially when well-known other resources exist.

2) The sales guy did you, himself, and Sun no service by foisting this
   off onto you as a 'zero admin' box.  Speaking solely for myself, but
   as a Sun stockholder, I strongly urge you to complain to Sun about
   this salesperson's tactics and mispresentation.  As much as I love
   Cobalts in general and my Qube in particular, I would fully understand
   should you decide to seek a full refund.

3) I also feel Unix is a very good operating system to learn, and very
   easy to use once you've surpassed the admittedly steep learning
   curve.  Then again, my friends sometimes think I'm strange...

tim

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