Deploying a Linux server on my environments takes exactly 5 minutes. Most Windows Server installations run over half an hour, require babysitting, and quite a b

Deploying a Linux server on my environments takes exactly 5 minutes. Most Windows Server installations run over half an hour, require babysitting, and quite a bit of time previous to that if I want to make a custom image, a process which I can't really automate. Using SSH is a much, much better solution for administration. I don't depend on having a large screen or fast connection. Believe, when you're managing servers 8000 miles away it makes you want to tear your eye sockets out. Licensing. You must be kidding. Keeping track of license numbers, WGA validation, and being artificially limited in how I can move OS images around is nothing pleasant. I don't want to depend on anyone's approval for purchasing licenses; I need to download, burn, and deploy. > I'll give you this, but I've yet to see the need for such an environment. I've been a UNIX sysadmin, I've seen my Windows counterparts. Please do take the opportunity, if you have the chance, to learn about shell scripting on Unix. It's incredible. > Don't use it then? I think LINQ is a horrible idea, and horribly implemented Alternatives? I don't know of comparable alternatives. I don't think NHibernate would be right, neither do I want to go back to validating raw SQL.