[Cialug] Laughable

[Don Cady]

Lee, I was following (and agreeing, I think) up until the last question. 
What other guys product? Third-party apps or multiple concurrent OSes in an 
organization?

Don

> RE: [Cialug] LaughableI realize this is a little off the topic. But I need
> to say it.
>
> One amazing thing about the whole cost of training and support argument.
> I've seen first hand what going to a new version of Windows for instance 
> can
> cost in training and support. If you follow many vendors prefered upgrade
> path. You send your techs and engineers to classes and get the certs for
> every major upgrade. Yes it may involve a far lesser learning curve
> migrating from one version to another of the same platform. But to say 
> that
> there is such a difference becuase of those costs, isn't fairly comparing
> the true (overall) price tag. Yes it may be true that training could
> actually cost more than getting this OS on x number of seats. But what
> happens when you need to add training or additional support to the other
> guys product as well?
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: cialug-admin@cialug.org [mailto:cialug-admin@cialug.org]On Behalf 
> Of
> Korver, Aaron
>  Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 2:42 PM
>  To: 'cialug@cialug.org'
>  Subject: RE: [Cialug] Laughable
>
>
>  I don't think he is talking about the software, but the price of a
> knowledge base to run and administrate the system.
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: admin [mailto:admin@c0wzftp.com]
>  > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 2:53 PM
>  > To: cialug@cialug.org
>  > Subject: Re: [Cialug] Laughable
>  >
>  >
>  > oh my. my favorite line from that article:
>  >
>  > Additionally, he said that Linux is not significantly cheaper than
>  > alternative operating systems.
>  >
>  > anyone else smell the smoke? i think a fire's on its way.
>  > this article is
>  > just too hot to let go.
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: "Lee" <leeh@csi-rics.com>
>  > To: "Cialug@Cialug.Org" <cialug@cialug.org>
>  > Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:31:35 -0600
>  > Subject: [Cialug] Laughable
>  >
>  > > Ok, lets all give up and go home. A group of Industry heavyweights
>  > > declares
>  > > Linux isn't ready for the enterprise!
>  > >
>  > >
>  > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39191533,00.htm
>  > >