The automatic sharing of the C: drive as \\hostname\c$\, for example, has been nearly impossible to turn off for even a competent systems administrator without ripping out parts of the operating system you may want.
Not true.
With a whole new Windows environment, it is my first task to disable some services. For example I always disable Server and Computer Browser for the workstations, since there are not many applications needing them and what else is lost I can usually live with. What I always leave on is Remote Desktop (only administrative workstations allowed in the firewall). For servers I disable everything I don't need. 2008 Server has good templates to start with. AD's Group Policies make testing and changing settings very easy. I hope Linux gets such managements capabilities one of these days.
Many Windows environments I know of are poorly set up, even though the admins call themselves professionals. It's not an OS thing: I know badly set up Linux servers, too. For Windows admins I really recommend reading MS's security guides. Btw, the new ones W2k8R2 and 7 are really nice to work with.
With Linux I find it frustrating to find out how to get a certain thing done with all the flavours there are. In my experience real Linux admins (one of which I'm not) too have trouble with the variety. I do encourage everybody to use Linux, but it's a long road to get companies there.
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The automatic sharing of the C: drive as \\hostname\c$\, for example, has been nearly impossible to turn off for even a competent systems administrator without ripping out parts of the operating system you may want.
Not true.
With a whole new Windows environment, it is my first task to disable some services. For example I always disable Server and Computer Browser for the workstations, since there are not many applications needing them and what else is lost I can usually live with. What I always leave on is Remote Desktop (only administrative workstations allowed in the firewall). For servers I disable everything I don't need. 2008 Server has good templates to start with. AD's Group Policies make testing and changing settings very easy. I hope Linux gets such managements capabilities one of these days.
Many Windows environments I know of are poorly set up, even though the admins call themselves professionals. It's not an OS thing: I know badly set up Linux servers, too. For Windows admins I really recommend reading MS's security guides. Btw, the new ones W2k8R2 and 7 are really nice to work with.
With Linux I find it frustrating to find out how to get a certain thing done with all the flavours there are. In my experience real Linux admins (one of which I'm not) too have trouble with the variety. I do encourage everybody to use Linux, but it's a long road to get companies there.