Alas, you have both missed the point I was trying to make. If a broadcasting outfit is running perfectly happily and efficiently and trouble-free on a Windows platform, and is able to be maintained by capable staff who have only an elementary knowledge of Windows, then why change to Linux? I also consider that you have overstated the Windows deficiencies and understated the drawbacks associated with implementing a Linux-based solution. I am familiar with both platforms and simply can't buy your proposition that Windows "takes just as much technical competence as running Linux does, if not more". Just not true in the numerous cases I have witnessed.
It is in my view also quite fallacious to assert that if there is no such [Linux] person available to a broadcasting outfit, then "they probably don't have a *truly competent* Windows Person available, either". On what logic do you base that? Regardless of the advantages of Linux from an IT guru's point-of-view, there is absolutely no point in "either learning it [Linux] or finding someone that does", if (a) the budget simply can't stretch for it, and (b) things are already going along perfectly with a Windows platform. Windows remains the preferred platform for a vast majority of non-IT users around the globe, because (a) you don't have to have an IT-proficient expert to run it, and (b) managers and non-IT personnel can manage Windows without too much difficulty. And, if the outfit's happy with that, why change? Change for change's sake makes no sense to me. In the end, what actually matters is not the computer-platform at all but the quality and consistency of the audio you put out which listeners will judge the station on. James L. > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:42:35 -0400 > From: j...@baylink.com > To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > Subject: Re: [RDD] Windows and Rivendell > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David R. Wilson" <da...@wwns.com> > > > If you don't have the expertise for Linux I would suggest either > > learning it or finding someone that does. It will save you time (uptime > > that is) and will give someone time to get other tasks done. If you > > have the budget to dedicate people full time to keeping Windows boxes up > > for on the air servers, go right ahead. I don't mind, however I can't > > find enough time available to waste mine doing such support. > > Well put, David. > > > On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 19:22 +1300, James Laurence wrote: > > > > Not all radio-stations have a Linux person at their disposal who can > > > build, customise, maintain, and troubleshoot, a broadcasting > > > automation solution based on Rivendell/Linux. What say the > > > radio-station is in a relatively small locality where there is > simply > > > no such person available or willing to become part of the equation? > > Well, if that's the case, then they probably don't have a *truly competent* > Windows Person available, either. > > In my last position, I managed a refresh of our entire office PC fleet. We > replaced them with surplused IBM ThinkCentre P4s. It took me *three weeks* to > build, finalize and test our sysprep installation image. > > Deploying new machines took about 32 minutes from request to plug-in, and over > the following 18 months (until I was laid off), we had *one* virus-type > problem; > Antivirus 2009 or the like. We pulled the box down; backed up the user data, > reimaged, and had the seat back on line the same afternoon. > > It was, of course, a manager. > > The job was a call center; all 499 seats and all but 2 of our servers ran > Linux > of one flavor or another, and, module hardware failures and sloppy SQL > queries, > I didn't touch them much at all. > > You *can* run a reliable network with Windows machines, but it takes just as > much > technical competence as running Linux does, if not more. > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com > Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII > St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
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