On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 09:45 +0100, DElyMyth wrote:
On 2/27/07, Hans van der Merwe <hvdmerwe@sunspace.co.za> wrote:
This will probably spark some debates, but can someone point me to some information that I can use to successfully challenge out IT department concerning moving some Windows driven services to Linux (file, print and email/collaboration).
I would say (besides the usual os-wars) that the ability to pilot the server remotely without a GUI could be a good point. A GUI spends resources, and Windows can't live without it, while Linux can, and connecting via ssh gives you all the power you need to manage the server and the installed services also if you're at home and want to check how things are going (maybe trough a slow connection, unusable if you need a GUI).
Another point can be the fact that Windows costs, while Linux is free... Not forgetting about stability issues. Windows needs to be rebooted sometimes, Linux can live without a reboot for months (unless you want to upgrade the kernel...).
Hope this helps,
Thx, but the practical problem is this... we have two competent Windows centric IT people... one IT manager who overdosed on the MS-Coolaid.... we have an AD, 70 XPs (full house, Office etc), MS-Portal, MS-Exchange, MS-SQL, BackupExec, MS-IIS, FullSiteLicense(TM). To move just one of these over to something else will require another Linux IT person (we cant afford), IT manager wont let IT staff go on Linux course because we don't have Linux servers (catch-22). I'll admit, this is actually an valid issue. Now I want persuade management (who knows nothing about IT and assumes its always expensive) that we can move over some of these services to cheaper alternatives. IT manager has got all the FUD behind him - I need some anti-FUD info. E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org