Comment Re:The Staff Issue (Score 1) 39
Went through the MCSE course but never took the tests. Run 4 HP-UX servers. Work in a processing center running 1000+MIPS on the floor with a mix of CMOS OS390, Sun, Tandem Himalaya's,WinNt, OS2, W95, etc...
We will evaluate a Linux box for a client inquiries website with Solid Database and Crystal Reports hooked into a P4 database for canned and ad-hoc reporting.
This article is noted for it's lack of hype or hysteria and it's balanced viewpoint.
Staffing for any future Linux installations will not be a problem, since out of the 90+ programmers and admin people here, 23 run Linux at home anyway and are vying for the opportunity to manage the installation(s). There are many younger people out there who could do a credible job, if given the opportunity to do so. They are already plugged into a network of users they can draw on and seem to prefer contact on that level anyway.
I agree that, at present anyway, Linux will not scale to big iron mainframe territory soon, but that is not a drawback. NT is unstable, requires frequent re-boots, and does not scale that well either, but their improvement cycle times are in the 2 year range and Linux is more like 2 months. I prefer to have a true believer working on a fix, rather than a sub-contracted drone in Austin, TX.
We will evaluate a Linux box for a client inquiries website with Solid Database and Crystal Reports hooked into a P4 database for canned and ad-hoc reporting.
This article is noted for it's lack of hype or hysteria and it's balanced viewpoint.
Staffing for any future Linux installations will not be a problem, since out of the 90+ programmers and admin people here, 23 run Linux at home anyway and are vying for the opportunity to manage the installation(s). There are many younger people out there who could do a credible job, if given the opportunity to do so. They are already plugged into a network of users they can draw on and seem to prefer contact on that level anyway.
I agree that, at present anyway, Linux will not scale to big iron mainframe territory soon, but that is not a drawback. NT is unstable, requires frequent re-boots, and does not scale that well either, but their improvement cycle times are in the 2 year range and Linux is more like 2 months. I prefer to have a true believer working on a fix, rather than a sub-contracted drone in Austin, TX.
