Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-10 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:55:33 -0600 Kurt Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Shawn Tayler wrote: | | crashes Windows, the time toilet. | | Windows isn't bad for billable hours... Which is the only reason it still exists :-) That and the hardware sellers get some action. No suprise which

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-10 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 05:59:29AM -0700, Shawn Tayler wrote: Absofrellinglutely That is the pattern That's been the pattern since the IBM 360 mainframes that required an army of systems programmers to keep them running (and another army to figure out the JCL). We were running Burroughs

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-09 Thread Ian Marchak
Kurt Wall wrote: Shawn Tayler wrote: crashes Windows, the time toilet. Windows isn't bad for billable hours... Yeah no sh!t...there are plenty of talent less fools who've made sizable sums off of supporting BSOD's and the like. As a matter of fact, I know and work with a few.

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-09 Thread Collins Richey
On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 22:21:19 -0400 Ian Marchak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kurt Wall wrote: Shawn Tayler wrote: crashes Windows, the time toilet. Windows isn't bad for billable hours... Yeah no sh!t...there are plenty of talent less fools who've made sizable sums off

Linux Ad

2001-09-08 Thread Lee
Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel slowly. Saw my first Linux ad on tv last night. It was for IBM Linux servers. Claimed you could replace a whole warehouse full of servers running that other system with one IBM server using reliable Linux technology. Looks like Big

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-08 Thread burns
On Saturday 08 September 2001 09:22, Lee wrote: Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel slowly. Saw my first Linux ad on tv last night. It was for IBM Linux servers. Claimed you could replace a whole warehouse full of servers running that other system with one IBM

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-08 Thread Bill Day
combo!! On Saturday 08 September 2001 08:22, you wrote: Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel slowly. Saw my first Linux ad on tv last night. It was for IBM Linux servers. Claimed you could replace a whole warehouse full of servers running that other system with one

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-08 Thread Jerry McBride
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:32:01 -0400 burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 08 September 2001 09:22, Lee wrote: Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel slowly. Saw my first Linux ad on tv last night. It was for IBM Linux servers. Claimed you could replace

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-08 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 05:34:59AM -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: ... I wonder what the price difference would be between on s390 and a warehouse full of pc's and windows... :') Or a bunch of Sun E-1000s (nee Starfire). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-08 Thread Shawn Tayler
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 05:34:59 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: I wonder what the price difference would be between on s390 and a warehouse full of pc's and windows... :') The big break would be ongoing maintenance costs. A warehouse full of Winders PC's would keep a dozen techs busy 24/7 with hangs

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-08 Thread Kurt Wall
Jerry McBride wrote: [diceage] I wonder what the price difference would be between on s390 and a warehouse full of pc's and windows... :') Considerable, but administering said WoPC is easy with a can of kerosene and a match. ;)~ Kurt -- Hummingbirds never remember the words to songs.

Re: Linux Ad

2001-09-08 Thread Shawn Tayler
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 05:53:04 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote: Windows, the time toilet. Geee... that has a nice ring to it. Maybe the germ of an idea for a new sci-fi movie? The PC that wasn't really there... ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL