Cisco IT Manager Targeting 70% Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday February 19, 2005 @04:26AM from the big-switches dept.

RMX writes "LinuxWorld Australia has an interesting article discussing Linux Desktop adoption in Cisco. Cisco "already converted more than 2,000 of its engineers to Linux desktops...plans to move many laptop users to the platform over the next few years...the driver for Linux on the desktop is not cost savings, but easier support. Manning estimates that it takes a company approximately one desktop administrator to support 40 Windows PCs, while one administrator can support between 200 and 400 Linux desktops.'"

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Sounds like a cushy job by hillg3 · 2005-02-19 04:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If i support 200 Windows PCs now - am I doing the work of a team who supports 1000-2000 Linux workstations? Seems like Cisco is starting to pinch pennies. The easiest way for a company to make a quick $50k+= is to lay someone off and not replace them. More power to 'em, but i feel sorry for the people who will lose their jobs.