Re: [Nolug] The Unix Desktop (was Re: If they're unreliable as heck... (was Re: [Nolug] someone's gotanaxe to grind...))

Actually, you could rephrase 'Or... "new additional" as in, they just
purchased new software which only runs on Windows' to "the vendors
required software which ran on Windows." Again, it's about paying the
bills. :)

Some software kept running on SCO for quite a bit of course. That's why
the TS systems each had preset configs for telnet to those applications.

It all worked out quite nicely. We supported both worlds with easily
managed systems and it didn't cost an arm and a leg to support. If we
had decided to go with all Windows desktops or all UNIX desktops then
our support cost would have been.. big.

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Dustin Puryear
President and Sr. Consultant
Puryear Information Technology, LLC
225-706-8414 x112
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Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers"
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 08/05/08 14:06, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>> I don't understand what you mean by: 'Because the driver of cost is 
>> the number of "complete computers"?' What do you mean "complete 
>> computer"? You mean with a keyboard and monitor?
> 
> "Complete" as in "has a hard drive, and boots locally, so each PC needs 
> to be individually updated".
> 
>> "Required" as in "the company needed to support software which they 
>> needed to sell what they were selling so they could make a profit and 
>> pay people".. required. :)
> 
> Or... "new additional" as in, they just purchased new software which 
> only runs on Windows.
> 
>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> On 08/05/08 13:35, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>>>> Hardware was a factor, but not a big factor. It was more about 
>>>> management. Once you have more than a few machines the man-hours 
>>>> required to manage systems quickly becomes the most expensive 
>>>> element of IT. Specific to Windows, we saw that quite clearly as our 
>>>> support costs didn't rise very far at all even thought we were 
>>>> replacing green tubes with Windows TS servers and thin clients at 
>>>> several locations.
>>>
>>> Because the driver of cost is the number of "complete computers"?
>>>
>>>> In the end, I think we put around 100 or so thin clients in place 
>>>> and hired.. nobody. Yet we could offer the required functionality to 
>>>> our 
>>>
>>> "Required" as in "new additional"?
> 
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