From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3ee35792{at}w3.nls.net...
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>>2) "In fact, Snodgrass found that, while the software licensing costs of
>>Windows was higher than Linux, the highest cost was in managing
>>traditional Windows infrastructure.
>>
>>  "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"..
>

I'm not so sure. I know that a certain IT support & services comp
(outsourced IS) here in the UK has cross trained a lot of it's windows
& unix people to linux.

I have also seen a large rise in the number of job vacancies requiring
linux admin skills.

It's a simple supply & demand economics thing. If there is a demand for
linux admins a bunch of un/semi-employed IT people will quickly start
self/course based training as that is where the demand is.

i.e no reason why in fairly quick time linux admins can't be "dime a
dozen" too. Many people having been noting the rise of linux & I
would argue especially those who are currently un/semi-employed.

D/L some ISO'es & start training. No purchase neccessary.



Adam

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