in the end of this meeting, we had some argument with mike, regarding what
would constitute a good reason for a company to switch its computing
system to linux.
my current claim was that when a youngster (school kid, bored/lazy
student) wants to play with a computer and networking, they tend to do
that on linux systems, rather then on NT systems. within a few years,
those youngsters would become more or less profficient linux
administrators, while those that played with NT/win9X would not. when that
happens, it will be easier to find linux administration personell, then to
find windows administration personell. this would beat out the current
problem of having hard time finding linux systems administrators, and that
would become a valid reason for companies to base their computing systems
on linux, rathern then NT.
as of today, mike had a valid point - for an ammount of money that is far
less then that of a good unix sys admin, one could hire 2 students that'd
re-install windows systems over and over when the need arises. that,
together with keeping a few spare windows systems (to give the users that
wait for their OS's re-install) quite solves window's instability
problems - in the way that the _users_ feel it. go ahead and claim that
this is stupid or silly or a bad thing to do - but business wise, it does
make quite a lot of sense.
so what would that give to you? it akes a lot of sense to spend your
current time on RTFMing alot, reading books, and spending time on the
theoretical and practical parts of linux tweaking and hacking - and in a
few years time, it'll pay you off with finding good jobs, and making good
money. this, ofcourse, of linux indeed makes the grand market penetration
some of us forsee. and those that spend some money on buying a 2 network
cards to connect their old and new PC together and hook them up on the
internet together - see that as an investment in your future, and one of
the best investments you'll ever make, for such a low ammount of money.
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
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