I also agree with that point,
By staying honest, people will have less bad news
later.
Eugene
--- Deepak Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 20 1999, at 22:04, Marcelo E. Magallon was
> caught saying:
> >
> > It's true, overall a Linux box costs less, but
> let's try to present
> > numbers your average Joe Admin can swallow
> easily, without frowning
> > at them.
>
> Agreed. When I get new people up and running with
> Linux I either a) have
> them buy a copy of RedHat so they can have a manual
> to look at(people like
> having something that tells them how/what/where/etc)
> + tech support in
> case I'm too busy to help them or b) Tell them URLs
> they can go to
> and download/print (which costs money) some docs.
> And don't forget the
> time it will take for a new user to really get
> comfortable enough with
> the Linux environment to be productive. Time =
> money. We need to be
> honest and not try to make Linux into something it's
> not: a silver bullet.
>
> - Deepak
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