> The issue is that my previous "manager" convinced the company that the
> only Sun to buy was e450s, and they have quite a few of them now! Nobody
> ever considered low end suns... (except me but I arrived too late)...
>
> M$/Intel have used this as why their "products" are so much more cost
> efficient than suns. I cant really fight that so I'm suggesting
> Linux/Intel...
What is wrong with the exisiting sun's ?
If there is nothing wrong with them, and you are merely intending to add
furthur web servers, then linux will be compatible with the exisiting
setup, no need to hire new admins etc, Win2K Servers will require diffrent
admin etc, and you could also point to the speed of the new khttpd for
servering static pages. Also php, and asp support for linux.
Actually if ASP is touted as an advanatge by M$, suggest that your company
first go with a linux solotuion as a trial, becasue you'll have to buy the
hardware anyway, and you can always by Win2K later. What have they got to
lose ? Except maybe a little time in testing, that might (read
will) result in big cost savings in expensive M$ licenses later.
If they trot out the old, price of software is only ever 1% of TCO, point
out that 100 x $0 is still free ;)
Jason
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