Re: [TCLUG:13660] Tradeoff between Linux vs Solaris (et.al.)

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

At 01:56 PM 2/16/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I do disagree, but not in the way you might think. Yes, if you run Linux,
>you need a techno-geek around. However, the same is true if you use
>Solaris or NT or whatever else. How well a server performs is closely tied
>to how good the admin is. Linux can be made very insecure and unstable, or
>moderately secure and quite stable. The same with NT. If any PHB thinks he
>can buy Solaris/NT and not have to buy a good admin, well, heh heh. It'll
>all be over in a week anyway. :)
>
>Business owners don't generally care about what the hardware and software
>costs. Maintenance contracts and admins (i.e., people and service) are the
>real costs of a computer system.

So in other words, I could get crappy training on Solaris, and --perhaps in
part because of the "name you can trust" maintenance/support contracts-- I
still could get a job sooner than administering a linux set of boxes.
     ...... at least for a week ;-)

gs
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