On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 08:10:37 -0400 Joe Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 07 April 2005 05:22 pm, Tom Duerbusch wrote: > > > > But hardware and software costs are things that any > > accountant can see. Real dollars. <snip> > OK. (scratches chin) Check out that electric bill. $200 per year > times 200 servers that were shut off. Only $4k. Allright, how about > the refund on prepaid maintenance, at about $1k per year. Better. How > about avoiding the costs of buying new (planned) servers for > Windows-only applications by recycling the vacant ones? Did we avoid > building a new facility because we ran out of floor space? Can we take > another look at the DR contract and drop coverage for 200 servers? I > don't like to eliminate jobs, but how many techs took care of 200 > servers? (I'd rather turn them into Linux gurus and have them be even > more creative.) And get the DBA people into Postgres or MySQL, so you can slash 60% of those Oracle licenses supporting straightforward web backends and all of them next year when the open source alternatives get the rest of the full enterprise level features. This is valid for any kind of service. When the initial step is taken, a whole world of options opens up. Self feeding positive cycle. jmc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
