[Gllug] slightly OT - linux consultancy enquiry

[Mark Lowes]

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 22:01, Garry Heaton wrote:
[...]
> I hear everywhere the claim that Linux is a cheap alternative to Windows
> but is it really, considering the consultancly fees? Can someone tell me
> how Linux works-out cheaper for a small business which is already using
> Windows (95/98/NT)? Apart from the stability factor, why would some
> small office with an NT4 server go to the trouble of replacing it with a
> Samba/Linux machine if it's going to cost £750/600 per day to set-up?

The number of sites I see hooked up to the net running a small network
who are incapable of doing anything and therefore call in a consultant
or IT company to do anything (the common one is closing another f*cking
open relay).  In that situation Linux will be cheaper.

MS-Solution
-----------
Hardware
Licenses
Consultancy to setup and maintain


Linux
-----
Hardware
Consultancy to setup and maintain

Note the missing line :)

If the network is maintained by an in-house geek then it depends on how
good the geek is and how much initial support he needs in getting up and
running.




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