In the time I’ve been administering CM, I’ve used Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X – all as my primary desktop operating system. On Windows, I mostly used Avaya Site Admin (ASA), in either interface mode (GEDI or Emulation). That was fine, when I used only Windows, and only ever needed to administer CM from stations where ASA was installed. I fairly quickly tired of using RDP (to connect to a Windows machine that had ASA installed) or a VM (to run a Windows VM that had ASA installed on a desktop without either Windows or ASA).
The day was Friday, April 11, 2014. The weather was mild: mid-60s (F) and partly cloudy. My mood? Frustrated as fuck.
