Re: linux is too expensive

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:46:12 -0700



Eric Dunbar wrote: 
On 26/09/06, Troy W. Banther, B.Sc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  
I work in an ITS shop at a university. I'm the primary Linux person even
though I run the X servers as-well-as the *nix box.

We not only have to support our departmental mission but those of all others
across campus and two other remote sites.

You need to be aware of what the user or departmental need is. For example,
the anthropology department uses Linux and has for years for some of the
programs in its discipline. Macs are used in the Art department exclusively.

Windows is used by most of the staff and faculty at a high licensing price.
You should also see the pain of my fellow M$ admins as they manage their
work.
    

Of course, those Windows admins _love_ that pain since it's that pain
that keeps them employed. That's the same reason Linux will find its
niche -- the folks in IT _like_ getting paid and the best way to
ensure job security is to make yourself indisposable and the best way
to do that is to make sure that the software that's run requires
'support'. If the software didn't require high tech support then
there'd be no reason for a large IT department ;-).
This is definitely reflected in the Microsoft World View.  The tremendous licensing infrastructure alone can be daunting.  It's no wonder big companies hire people with the sole task of monitoring assets / aka licenses. Applications like Share Point, which are very cool on their own, end up requiring job titles just to maintain and support them. Is the efficiency gained by a complex collaboration program worth the extra salary? It's a case by case basis.
I once had an IT person admit to being a Mac user at home but being
opposed to their use at work because "they were too easy to use".
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