> >Ive found MS product to be overpriced, havent we all ?
> >For eg. An unlimited version of MS SQL 7.0 will set you back a cool
$48,000.
>
> We did a costing for a 100 user SBS system, ignoring all hardware
> requirements, and it came to a shade under $100k - I kid you not !! That
> was for CAL's, Server, Exchange, Office... And bugger all else... I
forget
> what the comparitive Linux price was, including licenced copies of things
> like StarOffice, BRU, a good mail client, etc. Something like $5k....
I guess the biggest problem if your converting Office-Windows-Users to Linux
cold turkey they will need someone that knows Linux fairly well to support
the userbase - although with 100 users Im sure they have someone there
already :)
I am getting very excited about the software that is coming out for the
desktop for the mainstream...
Actually, I read an article on slashdot (?) a few weeks ago on a proposal of
a userbase of 2000 users moving their desktops to Linux, I did a quick
search for the article but came up with zip, sorry......
> Why did you stay with Netware for file & print ? reason I ask is my
> network Australia-wide is about to start dumping Netware in favor of NT
for
> file & print (NT4 initially, upgrading to 2000 later). I'm trying to
> convince the PHB that I can do the same job on a Linux box and get more
> bangs-per-buck for the hardware they're going to use ($30k COMPAQ
servers).
it was mainly because of a few factors
1) its a seperate server that has had uptime of over 1 year, why fix
something that isnt broke
2) all the backup software / hardware [tape drive] is geared up
3) the cost for me (in downtime and money) to move everything over to samba
isnt worth it
4) its nice to have more then 1 machine doing all the work for you,
especially if hardware fails....
come to think of it we're running netware 3.12 for our file/print services,
it gets rebooted (turned off) only at xmas.
our exchange server and iis server gets rebooted more times then i make
coffee ! :)
> HT tend to be VERY overpriced compared to what some of the smaller
MicroSloth vendors are willing to offer.
I agree - you could do a lot better, if you looked about.
Cheers,
Stephen
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