On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Sam Trenholme wrote:

> I love their claims of scalibility with their mail server.  "UNIX-like
> scalability at a fraction of the cost".  Hurrumph.  How much does it cost
> to put Linux and Qmail on an old Pentium or Pentium II?

I would guess at around $10,000 for the installation, and then around
$1000/month ? 

the cost of software is not in the hardware, nor in the actual cost of the
license, but in the cost of the people to implement the solution, either
consultants or exsiting sysadmins. This is the underlying business model
behind open source software

RjL

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