On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:58:19 -0500 "Mark Browne" <markdeb.browne at comcast.net> wrote: Interesting read... > Yankee's study concluded that, in large enterprises, a significant > Linux deployment or total switch from Windows to Linux would be > three to four times more expensive - and take three times as long to > deploy - as an upgrade from one version of Windows to a newer > release. And nine out of 10 enterprise customers said that such a > change wouldn't provide any tangible business gains. I can only shake my head and try not to laugh. I just spent my ENTIRE weekend rebuilding f'in Windows 2000 machines because of stupid $hit that doesn't work. I seem to be on a 1-2 year cycle of rebuilding Windows PC's. Now other people that know I do this suddenly want me to do it for them as if I enjoyed it. I've NEVER had to re-install a Unix/Linux OS because it was in operation for more than a year. Is that factored into your TCO MS? > All 14 companies said it was difficult finding qualified Linux > personnel in the marketplace to support their Linux projects. When > they did find third-party help, they had less leverage negotiating > hourly rates than with Windows consulting resources. Really? Where the $#@$ are these job postings then? I personally think Linux is approaching a stage where enough "tech" people are getting excited about it that they are dangerous and stupid enough to give Linux a bad name. My $0.02 Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list