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   From: ahlstromc@xzoozy.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
      
   > In message , Ezekiel wrote:   
   >   
   >>>"Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:in8vd8$ee7$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >>>   
   >>>They scale up to thousands, even tens of thousands of machines, which your   
   >>>Windows scripts will not.   
   >>   
   >> For starters there is no reason why my scripts wouldn't scale to thousands   
   >> of users ...   
   >   
   > One obvious reason is how you do remote execution. On Linux/Unix systems,   
   > you can take just about any local command   
   >   
   >     cmd   
   >   
   > and execute it on a remote host as follows:   
   >   
   >     ssh remote_host cmd   
   >   
   > whereas on Windows you can???t. The best PowerShell can manage is to use the   
   > complex and clumsy WMI functions to perform tasks on remote machines, which   
   > is completely different from how they???re done locally.   
      
   We have Erik Funkenbusch in here awhile back crooning about the glories of   
   Powershell, where remote support is built into the shell at both ends.   
      
   ssh?  Once you've got that, you've got all the remote support you need.  No   
   need for implementing a specific, limited set of commands that are capable   
   of being remoted.  With ssh any command-line command can be remoted, and its   
   return status used to make a decision.   
      
   And with clusterssh?  Fergeddaboudid, winbois.   
      
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   Horses bear manure through its fields;   
   When a nation ignores the Way,   
   Horses bear soldiers through its streets.   
   There is no greater mistake than following desire;   
   There is no greater disaster than forgetting contentment;   
   There is no greater sickness than seeking attainment;   
   But one who is content to satisfy his needs   
   Finds that contentment endures.   
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