I think the problem is that most of the IT professionals _aren't_. If you are going to spend $150K, and someone points out that you can save most of that, well, gee, doesn't that PAY for training, extra stuff, etc etc. TOoignore a huge cost savings makes no sense, and you have to wonder. How many NT people remain NT only because they only know how to restart the box when it blue screens. Since Linux has a decent set of GUI tools, and even good web based tools, I have gotten to the point of less and less respect for those unwilling to even consider Linux as a solution. This group is a amazing educational bunch, and I'm totally willing to help those who come looking to learn, but when someone dismisses Linux out of hand, you have to wonder how 'professional' they realy are.
Seth --- Dennis Soper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Here's an "interesting" tidbit. I was at a > meeting Thursday night. In attendance was the > IT business analyst from EWEB. We got to > talking, and I told him I did networks at the > U. He started telling me about the new IT > tracking software they were about to spend > $100-$150K on (for a 450 box shop). I told him > about what I was using-- IRM -- designed for > metropolitan area school districts, does just > about anything the expensive ones do, and free > (as in speech and beer). He told me that > because it ran on Linux, it was too difficult. > > Being that they have a big IT department for > 450 computers and I have me for 140 computers > (I also support a power generation facility), > this tells me some not very good things about > how are electric bills are being used. > > I guess, in retrospect, I should have told him > to find me an old pentium they were getting > ready to toss and to give me a thousand bucks > and a couple of hours to set up a system for > them.... > > Cheers, > Dennis > -- > The most important design issue... is the fact > that Linux is supposed to be fun... > - Linus Torvalds > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
