linux is too expensive

[Eric Dunbar]

On 26/09/06, Troy W. Banther, B.Sc. <troy at banther.homelinux.net> 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 ;-).

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".