Comment Re:my orcale suppor sucks (Score 1) 100
You said that better than I could, and I agree with you. Tellingly, your comments regarding virtualization bear out precisely what is happening in my organization today.
You said that better than I could, and I agree with you. Tellingly, your comments regarding virtualization bear out precisely what is happening in my organization today.
Yes there are.
They sell to companies run by older, conservative managers, such as banks and other established companies (think essential service providers, for example). These people still think Linux is some crazy, unproven, security hole ridden toy not ready for the enterprise. Many of them have not kept up with tech for 30 years and believe anything they are told by salespeople. Oh, and many of them hate IBM (the good old days, you know).
I've tried to move my company away from Sun hardware and was shot down every time.
Not really. Larry "dial an intern" Ellison hires another guy who tried to get some on the side, big deal. The article (on Slashdot, no less) dealing with the HP/Hurd issue led me to a story about executives and how often they were removed from their position due to sex scandals. Interesting read. Larry has had quite a few liaisons of his own.
Believe it, or not, a not so long time ago (like, oh maybe 2 years ago) there was a "news" story broadcast on US TV about a young woman who bought a Dell. She was a university student and was somehow "convinced" by a Dell sales rep (over the phone) that she should get Ubuntu. The news anchors could not even pronounce Ubuntu (and joked about the crazy name) and the story ran as one of those "big company screws consumer and won't fix the problem" issues. They made Dell look pretty bad. So, I am not surprised that Dell is coming out with this sort of information. They are tired of stupid people deciding to get Ubuntu and then demanding Dell give them Windows free of charge to "fix" the computer.
Went to a Windows presentation and found out that Server 2008 has exactly this feature. So, yes, you can install a 2008 server with no GUI. Will still cost you money, of course.
"Conversion, fastidious Goddess, loves blood better than brick, and feasts most subtly on the human will." -- Virginia Woolf, "Mrs. Dalloway"