Re: Linux on Sun-intel or Dell-intel?

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:28:56 -0700
Message-ID: <1193671733.674961@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

joel garry wrote:

> DA Morgan said:
>

>> But why purchase a license for something you are just going to throw
>> away? Buy without a hard disk and install your own.

>
> Cheaper than doing it myself, since it would cut into billable hours.
> I hate giving MS money on principle, though. In the end, it's not
> really getting thrown away, since I will need to use it to interface
> with things outside my control - customers, wife's students, school
> and other stuff, kids school.
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> Kid's school: http://vipers.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp
> Yeah, so far I haven't found any browser requirements.

An Oracle Linux install takes about 20 minutes from CDs: Add another 10-15 minutes to install a hard disk. Unless your billing rate is incredibly high ... you are not saving money by giving it to Microsoft.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Mon Oct 29 2007 - 10:28:56 CDT