Tradeoff between Linux vs Solaris (et.al.)

[George Swan <g-swan@maroon.tc.umn.edu>]

I recently asked for and got this opinion about linux from a web service
for businesses provider.

>Linux is fine as a "cheap" non mission-critical server OS. It is very
>efficient compared to NT. In business it's a tradeoff between having
>enough techno-geeks around to ensure they are running or paying for
>the Solaris (et. al.) OS.

I don't have the experience to evaluate the last sentence and could easily
be led to believe it's true.  I'm curious if anyone would disagree with it
and why?

gs
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