Linux is better.
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They don't own a printer then. Or any IOT device. Luckily, the same goes for me.
ok who the heck uses windows servers? I don't think even microsoft does.
Too many businesses, lots just started with MS Small Business Server and Upgraded from there. Now they of course are all "upgrading" to MS Cloud Copilot plus max ms365 for Teams ultra or whatever they are calling it today because the CEO was convinced by their marketing Materials.
Just about every government and business. I'm guessing you've never had a job in IT.
Removing the word "windows" in the last frame and also "your dad installs it for your dumb mom" to "your parents install a server. Maybe your mom does it or your dad does it. Maybe you can also help!"
Teaching "children" that technical tasks are for dady to do is so cringe.
Those two little changes and it becomes a readable story.
Yeah it seems to be from the early 2010s, some of the wording would probably be different if it was made today
I agree the language should be adjusted but it doesn't say or even imply the mom is dumb, that's a little bit of a stretch.
This seems to be an ad for a windows based product. I agree with your points though.
"They made fun of my router settings!" sobs
I redid this book once, changing words and some pictures to make it for Linux server. I wanted a book that made sense.
Swap windows home server for server on the last page and you're done.
Until your kid is 7/8, then you need to explain why one server isn't enough and you need a second server somewhere else for the same reasons it shows a server being important when the computer gets pee on it.
You still got a copy? I'd love to share it with some people
Maybe. I'll have to see if I can find it. It's been a few years, but I hope I do still have it. If I do, I'll share it
A children's book sponsored by Microsoft... No
I thought this was just an elaborate shitpost. that's so unfortunate.
they had me until
windows home server
It's clearly the old Microsoft. Current Microsoft would be "Microsoft windows azure home server 365 copilot+Server cloud" (yes it says server twice)
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They had me u til "your dad installs it"
Your server isn't working today.
This is because Microsoft wants you to finish setting up your PC that has been running for ten years.
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Haha, this book keep popping back up.
Oh so it's a pop-up book?
But you have a Daddy and Mommy who love you!
And, a Windows Home Server! Does that make you happy?
They had me until windows
It’s what turns it from a children’s book into a horror story
Indoctrination.
It's on the very first page, opposite to the office server page, and they acknowledge the Author does not exist and that it's basically an ad for Windows server.
Imagine growing up with a Windows home server... ugh
I'm usually a Windows "shill" or at least a casual defender of it, as I work in a Windows environment and it's not as bad as people pretend it is. No shade against Linux, I love it and Windows is bad. Just not like "I'd rather self-castrate" bad.
Anyway...
But for a home server? Either be super lazy and set up samba shares from your Windows desktop for the drives (avoid having a server at all) or bite the bullet and use Linux. You'll get so much more out of a Linux server that it's not even funny.
Yeah, Windows isn't that bad, but it's not that good either. On servers, everything requires a million clicks or some random terminal command that's impossible to find documentation for (was just passed down from senior to junior over the ages). I had to configure one for testing (embedded product that needed to work in Windows environments as well as Linux), and it took hours to do the most basic task. Granted, none of us were sysadmins, just devs, but we weren't familiar with Linux or Windows servers, just desktops, and Linux was by far easier to configure.
Don't pick Windows for your server without a good reason, you'll get much more value from learning Linux than Windows.
I work with Windows and it's AWFUL. Did you know the taskbar is a fucking ELECTRON APP? Everything is so slow. And you have to go through hoops to do what you want, and that setting isn't available in the settings electron app, you have to go through these 5 screens to find the magic button that opens the win 95 style dialog box to set what you want. It's so So SO BAD.
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The book was written to sell Windows Home Server. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server
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This is cute except for the windows name drop. Is this book a Microsoft ad?
yeah, this is just child abuse
Those parents deserved to be mocked. Poor child
I am of the mind that servers belong in restaurants.
Like... Why do I need someone to take my order and bring me a meal at an office?
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I have a friend that insists on using windows server. He is mentally ill
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Damn, I thought you were joking
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