Glen Turner <g...@gdt.id.au> writes:
> Daniel Pittman wrote:
>
>> IIRC, this is usually by billing for a copy of Windows to run on
>> everything, regardless of what actually runs on it, so the cost of Linux
>> is now hardware + Windows + Linux, no savings available.
>
> So what alternative do you propose?
I'm sorry, but I don't understand why you are asking me this question.
I was describing the current contractual agreements in Victoria, as
I understand them, not proposing (or advocating) anything much.
> That every machine be inspected to see what operating system it is
> running on some census date? We've been there with Sun machines
> running the various BSDs and it really, really hurt just for a few
> hundred machines. Only an insane love of bureaucracy would try that on
> a few hundred thousand machines.
>
> Better to negotiate a discount for the estimated proportion of
> machines running another OS and pay on the number of machines in the
> assets register.
Um, yes. I am in agreement with you. Actually, come to that, I agree
with almost all of what you said, which is why your response puzzles me
so much, I think.
Regards,
Daniel
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