[TriLUG] Cheap Dell Server

[Jim Ray]

Godfather Gill Bates probably made the boss an offer that the boss could not refuse.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Meyer, David R [mailto:David.Meyer07 at ca.com] 
Sent:	Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:47 AM
To:	trilug at trilug.org
Subject:	RE: [TriLUG] Cheap Dell Server

We are, as are most companies, in an expense crunch, so I had the bright
idea to move from Microsoft to Linux where we can to save $$.  In our
case, well over a million dollars a year in licensing & support.  I
proposed this to my boss who said, "Don't do it.  You'll open Pandora's
box, and once it's open, you'll not be able to close it.  There are
politics at work here that we don't know about."