[TriLUG] microsoft ad

[Jim Ray]

i define "there" as taking less time to set up for operation for the 
customer and, therefore, costing less money due to less labor.

using my own production rate, i can load a linux desktop will all 
patches and applications in an hour.  it takes at least twice as long to 
do so with winders.

using the production rate of two different experts who have loaded 
servers for me, they take longer to get a server functional in linux 
than it takes me in winders.

so, from a cost point of view, desktops in linux are ready to go.  the 
server side will probably come along in the near future.  it has come a 
long way yet still has a ways to go.

now, when the law of large numbers kicks in (ie a thousand desktop PCs), 
the extra server labor amortized by the number of desktops makes it a no 
brainer.  for the small business environment, though, extra server labor 
is a bad thing.

seeya,

jim

ps i hope all is well at yonderway :-)

Magnus wrote:

>On 3/4/06, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:
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>>key word is yet.  desktops are there.  when the server side comes
>>around, microsoft had better look out...
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>Actually I think you have it backwards.
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>Server side has been "there" for some time with Linux.
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>Desktop is more painful for non-geeks.  Heck, desktop is painful for *geeks*
>but geeks seem to be masochistic when it comes to Linux desktops.
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