> -----Original Message----- > From: Dinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *nix == free + man hours | MS = $$ + man hours.
How much does a copy of windows server cost the average large organization? About $100, maybe even less. I think we pay $80 for Standard and $120 for Enterprise. How much does Red Hat Enterprise cost? Large companies buy support contracts, the OS is going to cost about the same. > > I'm not sure if you meant what I think, but there were 3 *nix only apps > that > were mentioned on cf-talk in the last few. Yeah, based on the admins and software designers personal preference. > Last I saw (some "business 2.0" type mag) the XServe had the lowest, > what's > that acronym- means "man hours" or whatever? Work hrs to admin? Well > it was > the lowest. And I don't buy uptime being the same-- many updates to > windows > require reboots. Only kernel updates require reboots on *nix. Depends on what you are updating, and how you update it. If you do the windows update, then yeah it may require a reboot. If you stop the service than update it then restart the service then it won't need to reboot. I think I did 14 or so patches last week and I didn't have to reboot. Again, it is a question of knowing how to do it. > Doesn't Oracle recommend *nix now? [= Maybe, but I thought that just had to do with Larry Ellison hating Bill Gates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228707 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
