Re: [SLE] (SLE) Off Topic.....Questions about SUSE & Red Hat
Message-ID: <3A26B57E.FACED4D7@halenet.com.au> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 06:15:58 +1000 From: Don Hansford <donh@halenet.com.au> Subject: Re: [SLE] (SLE) Off Topic.....Questions about SUSE & Red Hat Shane Broomhall wrote:
Thanks for the Advice Don,
I am definitely not going to be in a hurry to charge for advice. I was looking into the possibility of working with Linux being viable to make money out of in the long run.
Well, I already do, in a roundabout sort of way. (Teaching and support.)
I am planning on switching from the Microsoft world to a product that is much harder to fake.
I only use Win at home now for some VB development stuff. Everything else is done on this system (6.4)
I am looking long term 6-12 months to learn the product part time, (I spend a lot of time in Motel rooms), and then once I am comfortable with how it works, how to take it apart and put it back together and work the same I will then consider myself capable of starting out.
I've been using FreeBSD (first), and Linux (now) for about 3 years. I still learn new things every day :-)
To me the idea of being able to offer someone on a viable solution where they don't have to purchase software licences, and thus lowers their cost, must be a winner. Well I hope, but I am not planning on going in without very good product knowledge.
Don't forget that software cost is only a part of the overall TCO. Many Linux convertees have found that the increased support costs virtually negate that advantage. However, this again is offset by greater reliability, security and lower hardware costs from breaking out of the hardware upgrade to handle the software upgrade circle.
Thanks again, oh by the way I am in Brisbane.
Only a couple of hours away :-)
Cheers.
Shane Broomhall
<p> -- This Email is 100% Virus Free! How do I know? Because no Microsoft products were used to generate it! Regards Don Hansford ECKYTECH COMPUTING/ SQIT Warwick <SuSE Linux 6.4> "We're tired, we're wired, and our breath smells bad -- -But at least our Operating System doesn't suck!"
From: Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps@jlkreps.net> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 17:21:56 -0600 Message-Id: <00113017215602.08873@JLKreps> Subject: Re: [SLE] (SLE) Off Topic.....Questions about SUSE & Red Hat On Thursday 30 November 2000 14:15, Don Hansford wrote:
Shane Broomhall wrote:
Thanks for the Advice Don,
I am definitely not going to be in a hurry to charge for advice. I was looking into the possibility of working with Linux being viable to make money out of in the long run.
Well, I already do, in a roundabout sort of way. (Teaching and support.)
I am planning on switching from the Microsoft world to a product that is much harder to fake.
I only use Win at home now for some VB development stuff. Everything else is done on this system (6.4)
I am looking long term 6-12 months to learn the product part time, (I spend a lot of time in Motel rooms), and then once I am comfortable with how it works, how to take it apart and put it back together and work the same I will then consider myself capable of starting out.
I've been using FreeBSD (first), and Linux (now) for about 3 years. I still learn new things every day :-)
To me the idea of being able to offer someone on a viable solution where they don't have to purchase software licences, and thus lowers their cost, must be a winner. Well I hope, but I am not planning on going in without very good product knowledge.
PMFJIB, I ran my own computer consulting business for 15 years before I retired it. If I were 20-30 yrs younger, so I could keep up the pace, I'd use SuSE Linux, KDE, KDevelop, QT and MySQL/PosgreSQL in a heart beat to Develop and market niche apps. Powerful combinations! IMO. JLK <p><p>>
Don't forget that software cost is only a part of the overall TCO. Many Linux convertees have found that the increased support costs virtually negate that advantage. However, this again is offset by greater reliability, security and lower hardware costs from breaking out of the hardware upgrade to handle the software upgrade circle.
Thanks again, oh by the way I am in Brisbane.
Only a couple of hours away :-)
Cheers.
Shane Broomhall
-- Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or proven wrong, by experiment. Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology were Popper's favorites- are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
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