Not true at all! Why not hire admins that know both Linux AND Windows?
Small businesses have that kind of flexibility and it would work to the
owner's advantage to be installing linux boxes in at client sites since
they save the customer all that extra licensing that would otherwise go
to Microsoft. Then that small business owner is faced with the
unfortunate decision of whether to pass those cost savings on to the
client, or *gasp* keep it and call it profit.
And really, it's not like there's this big stretch between the two
OSes. Especially since you're on a Samba mailing list that
intentionally crosses the the OS gap by definition.. What kind of a
response to your statement did you expect??
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Michael Coburn, MCSE 2003
Enterprise Systems Administrator -- Linux
Jupiterimages
Bernard Peek wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Volker Lendecke
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 02:41:00PM +0000, Bernard Peek wrote:
I wouldn't call it irresponsible or stupid. If samba.org are willing to
provide free on-site software support then I'm sure that the OP could
persuade his employer to change the policy. If I was responsible for a
company network, and didn't have any Linux support resources, I would
block anyone from connecting any Linux boxes to my network whether
using
Samba or not. There are situations where there might be a legal
requirement to do just that.
There are *TONS* of options for professional Linux support.
For specific Samba support look at www.samba.org, you will
find the link to the commercial support pages.
Yes, I know it's available. But you need to pay for it. If you have
in-house support for Windows systems then you don't have to pay any
extra. If I was starting a new business today I could use Linux for
everything and not have to hire any Windows support people. But if I
then had to use one Windows application I would have to buy in support
for it, either by recruiting a new support person with Windows
experience or by paying for a support contract. In that situation I
might stop anyone connecting a Windows machine to my network, until I
had arranged support somehow.
Linux is probably cheaper to support than Windows, particularly when
you have many machines. But supporting Linux and Windows is more
expensive than supporting either Windows or Linux alone. Small
businesses can afford one or the other, not both.
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