[dba-Tech] What I hate about Linux

The following link describes how to uninstall and then re-install a
corrupted version of MySQL 5.x on Linux.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-completely-reinstall-mysql-server/

Compare that to the Windows 3-step:
1. Back up the data directory.
2. Un-install the program.
3. Install the program

Or even worse, the 1-click recovery, as in Office or SQL Server or numerous
other programs:
1. Repair.

This article is an excellent summary of why Windows continues to win the
battle for the desktop. As soon as something goes wrong, the Linux user is
off into the frightening world of the command line -- and not once, not
twice, but several times.

The very least that vendors could do is add an icon to the desktop or the
menu. But apparently, that is stooping too low. As long as that situation
persists, Linux will never win the desktop, despite the admirable efforts
of the Ubuntu and Mint etc. boys. They are writing for the Highest Common
Denominator. Bill and Steve chose instead to write for the Lowest Common
Denominator.

I run them side by side almost always, and can see obvious advantages to
Linux, when everything goes well, but even then, could the vendors not
possibly supply an addition to the desktop that leads to Uninstall/Repair?
Talk about Shooting Yourself in the Foot! Maybe the real hurdle to surmount
is their collective refusal to recognize that Windows and Apple make it so
much simpler?
-- 
Arthur