Novell's hype, which is usually more accurate than Locutus', says that 6 (which is due out shortly) will be the answer to your prayers. It is supposed to be able to talk to Apples, *nix, and Windows* all in their own native tongue. If this is even close to being true, it is the answer to your problem
I feel the need to post in support of the original poster (or is that posterchild?). We are a Unix/Linux shop here. We have a rather nice server farm. Most of the stuff is Sun running either Solaris 2.6 or 8. We use Linux, but not as extensively as we'd like. Linux represents a cost savings for us for most things.
Reasons for this policy:
Support - Linux TS STINKS! For Linux, most of what you sell, when you get that green stuff called money, is tech support. I've been so annoyed by some of the reps, I've been ready to drive over and slap 'em. I know I'm not the only one either.
Documentation - I secretly suspect that the whole IT industry exists because NOTHING seems to be documented very well. What is documented is beyond the average end user
Standardization - Files are where you expect them to be. I know which things in I need to edit to configure (fill in the blank). Every distro puts stuff in different places. Even the same distro moves stuff between versions. I get tired of trying to remember where x is in SuSE, RH6, RH7, Debian, etc.
Less Frustration - I don't get passed back and forth beween Dell and RedHat when something doesn't work. Sun makes the OS. I don't call tech support unless I need them, but when I do call, it's because I have a problem I can't resolve. None of the other Unix geeks on my team can resolve it. I need help not a brush off - "Ummm....can't you call RedHat about that?"
GUI that works - If I use the GUI to configure a service in Solaris 8, the service is configured and working. If I use the GUI in the Linuxes, it may or may not work. The GUI doesn't always edit all the necessary files in order get a given service running. This is frustrating to those of us who have to support end users who are trying to run Linux. No GUI at all would be preferable than one that lies. It would be less phone calls for me.
That's all I can think of for now, but I'm sure that there's more.
This sounds like a new version of the old employment agency scam. Pay us and we'll get you a job. The trick is that you pay and maybe you get a job - usually something you could have culled from the want ads. Now, we have the techno-twist on the old scam - pay us for a "training class" and we'll give you a job.
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Novell's hype, which is usually more accurate than Locutus', says that 6 (which is due out shortly) will be the answer to your prayers. It is supposed to be able to talk to Apples, *nix, and Windows* all in their own native tongue. If this is even close to being true, it is the answer to your problem
I feel the need to post in support of the original poster (or is that posterchild?). We are a Unix/Linux shop here. We have a rather nice server farm. Most of the stuff is Sun running either Solaris 2.6 or 8. We use Linux, but not as extensively as we'd like. Linux represents a cost savings for us for most things.
Reasons for this policy:
That's all I can think of for now, but I'm sure that there's more.
What was that thing about a fool and his money?
This sounds like a new version of the old employment agency scam. Pay us and we'll get you a job. The trick is that you pay and maybe you get a job - usually something you could have culled from the want ads. Now, we have the techno-twist on the old scam - pay us for a "training class" and we'll give you a job.