[TriLUG] microsoft ad

[Jim Ray]

we're talking highly compensated experts in the field that do a great 
job.  it is not the linux install that increases the production rate.  
it is the configuration of the applications once linux is installed that 
takes the time (samba et al).

even if winders reboots 1,000 times during install, it still takes less 
time to install than linux.

so, until the number of clients at a site reaches a point where the cost 
of client access licenses exceeds the cost of linux server labor, 
winders will be the most cost effective solution.  for that example that 
microsoft uses (tommy hilfiger), i question the integrity of the linux 
server installer on the basis that they *do* have enough clients to 
effectively amortize the linux server labor.

me thinks that sales and marketing folks did tommy's analysis instead of 
the engineers :-)

William Sutton wrote:

>How familiar are your associates with setting up Linux?  Seems to me if 
>you have a familiarity with it, a standard patch process, and/or a 
>standard install (a la a kickstart disc), you could set up a Linux server 
>in considerably shorter time than a Windows server, not the least of which 
>reasons is that Windows has a pathological need to reboot multiple times 
>during the install process.
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