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to: John Cuccia
from: Mike `/m`
date: 2003-06-08 19:36:58
subject: Re: Merrill Lynch: Linux saves money

From: Mike '/m' 

On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 18:27:21 -0500, John Cuccia  wrote:

>>>>   "It's the people that cost the most," he said. "
>>>>
>>>> Blows a big hole in the pro-Windows argument.
>>>
>>>It doesn't ring true either since it wasn't so long ago they
were saying how
>>>much more unix admins make than windows admins which were
described as "a
>>>dime a dozen"..
>>>
>>
>>Windows admins are "a dime a dozens".   But the ones who
actually know
>>what they are doing are much more expensive.
>
>But the savings were said to accrue from a reduction in the number of
>servers required.  Fewer machines means fewer admins, of any ilk.


Ahhh... an interesting point.   More Windows servers were needed to
accomplish the same business tasks.

Linux was able to do more with less servers.

 /m

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