I could not help but send this reply to this guy. I hope he is not offended
because I am really just trying to set the record straight.
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Subject: Your email to ale.org and your paper
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 23:35:00 -0500
From: Peck Dickens ">peck@bellsouth.net>
Hi,
Please put your blast shields up. Not meaning to be offensive, but your paper
was innaccurate a year ago when it was published and is still inaccurate today.
Please note the following corrections:
1.) "Since operating systems are usually bundled with hardware,
Linux users don't save on up front OS licensing costs."
This is not true. I have been involved with the resales of IBM Midrange
Workstations running AIX (IBM's version of UNIX) as well as PC's running
windows products for about 11+ years. I promise you the OS is not bundled
with the hardware for free. If you don't believe me, just go ask Bill Gates or
Lou Gerstner.
2.) "Installation. According to Toronto-based UNIX and Linux consultant Drew
Sullivan, it takes a couple days consulting time to install a workgroup file
and print server serving a population of 50 - 100 users, at rates equivalent to
US $750 - $1,800/day. Whether that's comparable to NT is hotly debated."
This cost cannot be avoided whether you are installing MS winnt, win98,
win95, win31, IBM AIX, Linux and ect... It's not debatable.
3.) "Although Linux update cycles are not as formal as vendor-specific code,
there are more similarities than differences."
This is true up to a point. However, you implied in your article that MIS
departments constantly update OS software. I promise you that MIS
departments do not update ANY production machines without extensive research,
testing and deployment statagies. MIS departments use OS updates to
enhance system performance and increase functionality. This is true across all
Operating system platforms. MIS departments do not apply updates to any
operating system casually. Doing so can cost you your job. The point is that
you gonna spend alot of time researching anyway regardless of the OS.
4.). "'If you're willing to pay a million dollar support contract, you might
get a fix. Otherwise, you're probably better off getting a psychic fix,'
according to Sullivan."
How much crack did this guy smoke to come up with this figure? This is so
rediculous I'm not even going to address it.
There are other errors, but I am not going to address them.
Best regards
M. Peck Dickens
President
InVestment Solutions, Inc.
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