[NMLUG] High and dry with Linux?

[Paul Tietjens]

Not to mention "You can find this type of IT expert anywhere in the 
world" gives me little incentive to bother with Windows.  It's not a 
marektable skill, and it's a nearly useless line on a resume.

At the current rate, MCSE's will be making the Sante Fe minimum wage in 
about three years.  An exaggeration perhaps, but not a huge one.

Peter Espen wrote:

>With all due respect, that "IT guy" is full of it.  Please tell us
>how much this "anyone in the world" support for his Microsoft products
>costs.  Since this is the business environment we're talking about, 
>we'd better start discussing licensing costs and support contract
>costs too.  
>
>I would suspect your "IT guy" is just like a lot of Windows customers.
>They have no clue about linux and just make assumptions about things
>they know nothing about.
>
>Research this topic and tell us what conclusions you come to.
>
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>>I had a conversation with an IT guy at a local business about the new 
>>Microsoft products, and how easy it was to support.  I told him that I 
>>use Linux, and have set up different types of servers in my home. 
>>Hearing that he was very quick to say that you can find anyone in the 
>>world to support Microsoft products, but it wasn't that way for Linux.
>>
>>It got me wondering if there had been situations where people have been 
>>left high and dry with Linux systems that they could not get supported 
>>after whomever implemented it was gone.  I have heard plenty of 
>>Microsoft server horror stories where the consultants had a naive idea 
>>about the support issues surrounding Microsoft.  However, I haven't 
>>heard a story where someone set up a Linux server and screwed over a 
>>client by doing it badly.  Has anyone?
>>
>>Daniel Selders
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