[NCSA-discuss] SCO nfs

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 4 May 2012, Steve Wolfe wrote:

> The cost of the linux is the top of the iceberg.
>
> When you consider just to do the upgrade for the labor  most would
> charge you probably $800 to $1600 the labour even if it worked.if it
> didn't , it could get more expensive.

yes agree. the move to Linux will be enormously expensive.

> And then the admins, and users would have to learn the new 
> system .. OJT at what ever their rate is. And if you give 
> them a kick start .. say $500/person for a class - you 
> still have the On the Job training and futzin and whining. 
> and probably their pay while they attended class.

yes

> To port that COBOL code I would stick a finger in the air 
> and say it would probably be at least $10,000 a month for 
> 6 months to 12 months. so a port would be $60,000 to 
> $120,000

yes.

> If the server is an x86 machine you might be able to port 
> the whole pile to a VM yet to get the vm guy to help you 
> port it would probably be about $2000 in consulting fees + 
> the $2000 for the vm software.

yes. I don't know why they'd want to run as a VM. All they 
have now is a single non-networked machine. It's all they 
want and it works fine, except they're out of disk space 
now, their backup system probably doesn't work, and one day 
they'll need a new mobo/computer when this one dies.

>>> At this point $1400 is darkly cheap.

OK. They need a band-aid to get them through their current 
problem.

What they do after that is anyone's guess

Joe

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