Re: FLASH: a couple of questions

[Carlos Cardoso]

> Mmmm. Introduce 'em to Linux sometime. One copy for all systems for

> US$50 is *much* cheaper than NT for, what is it, $500 per disc now? :D


Don't forget the TCO. The cost of a server is not only

hardware+software. There is maintenance costs, administration, training,

security... 


Here in Brazil is "Linux Time". Everybody wants it, but nobody knows

why. People ask if it runs under Windows, if it runs MS Office, and many

don't know jack about command line, thousands of Windows-generations

teens discovering some really nasty things about "good old times

Operational Systems".


The corporate marketing is trying to migrate to Linux, too (CIO's read a

lot of magazines, you know..) but the COST is too high. A Linux/Unix

professional costs twice a standard NT admin. 


Linux has lots of followers, but not so many can work in a professional

corporate environment. A friend called, some days ago, in a "big

trouble. He was installing Oracle, and it required "something called

K.shell. what's that?" :):):):):)


How's the average Linux/Unix  professional status in other countries?

Are they making lots of money too, or it's already a requirement, not a

plus?



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Carlos Cardoso

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cardosopobox [dot] com

Tech Writer, BOFH, SysAdmin and Trekker

Linux Reg user # 92301


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