Webmin forever!! What a bunch of boneheads. Go get them Seth.
At 10:33 AM 10/13/2001 -0700, you wrote: >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 > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 10/9/2001
--- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 10/9/2001
