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A Run Through Windows Server 2008
amcdiarmid writes "Tom's Hardware has a review of Windows Server 2008 RC0 up on their site. It has a few good points, and at 19 pages is certainly 'in-depth'. From the article's conclusion: 'Microsoft has used the time since the release of Windows Server 2003 very well. The new Server Manager simplifies system administration immensely. Unlike Windows Vista, whose new dialogues still confuse even experienced users, Windows Server 2008 makes the admin feel right at home and in control ... However, it's not all sunshine, either. Although our test system used a beefy Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 with generous 2 GB of RAM, the Server's user interface felt sluggish with Windows being drawn very slowly ... Microsoft also gets low marks for failing to include SSH support in the operating system. On Linux servers, working without SSH is simply unthinkable. At least the Redmond company includes its encrypted remote shell WinRS. However, secure FTP is still a missing feature. The FTP client is being treated like an unloved stepchild, to the point where it is not even included in the Server Manager.'"
It's not as though there aren't SSH solutions for Windows Server... But as usual, Redmond is trying to hold all the unknowledgable system admins in their grasp by not allowing them to develop portable skill sets. I mean.. after all.. if they allowed them to develop portable skill sets, how would they keep them paying thousands of dollars for their overbloated, all-your-overpriced-hardware-are-belong-to-us OS?
Use what works.
I wonder if someone can check the backtraces of who made the windows server 2008 wikipedia entry because it is notoriously absent of the fact that it doesn't include anything for SSH .