I was at Cox with their cable group and most of the stuff was Linux as well.<br>Full support licenses with RHEL systems and full 24x7 4 hour replacement part support from IBM for the all-IBM hardware. Ditto on the Cisco switch gear. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Derek Carter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goozbach@friocorte.com">goozbach@friocorte.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
On 1/30/12 1:53 PM, <a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a> wrote:<br>
> I don’t know how many of you actually spend (waste?) time listening to<br>
> talk radio, but I do on occasion. One of the things I spend (again,<br>
> waste?) my time listening to in the car or when I think to fire up the<br>
> stream on my computer is Neal Boortz.<br>
><br>
> Now, he seems to take the position that freedom is paramount and that we<br>
> should all exercise it. He constantly complains, for example, about<br>
> “government schools” and how they do not really provide an education,<br>
> much less equip our young to exercise their freedom.<br>
><br>
> However, he seems to spend an awful lot of time pushing products for<br>
> Windows in the spots on his show. I have never even once heard him or<br>
> any of his sheep call in and mention that there is free software which<br>
> enables people to exercise their fundamental freedoms with regard to<br>
> their computing platforms. In fact, it seems that his platform is<br>
> nothing more than a façade, where he is quite happy to push things that<br>
> cause people to become less free as a result of the use of the things<br>
> that he pushes.<br>
><br>
> I find myself wondering: Is this because he doesn’t know about it? Or<br>
> is he insincere?<br>
><br>
> --- Mike<br>
<br>
Alls I know is that his site runs on Linux(CentOS) and Python(django).<br>
<br>
And if you want to help keep sites like that running Cox Media Group<br>
Digital is hiring:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/16196/manager-systems-engineering-cox-media-group-digital?campaign=31" target="_blank">http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/16196/manager-systems-engineering-cox-media-group-digital?campaign=31</a><br>
<br>
They're a great group to work with/for. I know, it used to be my job.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Derek<br>
aka goozbach<br>
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