On 26/06/05 02:48 -0700, Trevor Warren wrote: > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In fact i have stopped talking price with customers > > (i collect > > the M$ tax u see) and focus on a zillion other > > things which shreds > > everything that billy baba and 2000xp chors can > > throw. > [snip] > > No worries JTD, as long as we have IIM babus running > commercial organisations like those at redmond such > reports are bound to surface. > > Infact, the report did give me a lot to ponder. You > know terence, managing networks with 500-1000 nodes > with MS can be a real nightmare especially when > patching the machines on a daily basis is more of a > norm. MS has an architecture in place seamless across > distributions to push these patches across the entire > enterprise. How much of this works....you know better. > > With FLOSS in a network as big as the one consisting > of 1000+ nodes you will realise that management-patch > scheduling-upgrades are the most significant part of > the TCO. This in effect drives the need to acquire > systems that the average "techie" can deal with. > Solved problems. http://www.infrastructures.org/ http://www.google.com/search?q=radmind+download http://www.google.com/search?q=cfengine+download
> Mind my word *average techie* jtd. Do remember not > all of em are as capable as you to have potato running > on their desktops. Some of them are simple human > beings with a diploma in computing from some NIIT > trying to survive through a day job by supporting IT > infra at such setups. You only need a few good people. Leave the average techie for desktop support. > > Having worked with numerous distros i still feel the > need for ubiquitous patch management mechanisms is a > must. Redhat with RHN comes close and but again isnt > seamless across distros, dpkg and yum are other So why do you have multiple distros in the same organisation? Standardise! Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
