And you will hear the whining and complaining of old VAX admins who hate bash because it will degrade UNIX admin pay by 30% ..........because you dont need the set -o vi!
On 12/20/06, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/21/06, manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .. > What Dean also seems to forget is that there have been studies that show > that it is easier to maintain certain popular FOSS systems. Windows > servers typically need more maintanance than Linux servers, for example. > The administration costs of proprietary software are just as high, if not > much higher, than for comparable FOSS systems. > > In the end, proprietary systems have a cost that FOSS systems typically > DON'T have: licensing. So even if the admin costs are the same (and that's > not usually true, as FOSS systems are often cheaper), then the government > still saves millions if it uses FOSS. Simple math. FOSS systems are cheaper hereabouts. But in the US, Unix administrators cost anywhere from $3k to $5k more per year than Windows administrators. That is significant, that's 10% to 20% more. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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