i bet they just cram the numbers so the huge manuals Microsof give you can be used as a stool, to sit in front of the racks, waiting for the system to come back online...
seriously, i dont know. This definetely points to a unified criteria for TCOAD (Total Cost of Ownership and Downtime;)).
shouldn TCO include downtime? since when you purchase a system, you should consider reliability and repair time in your analisys. Besides you cant pin downtime to a certain operative system, there are other variables involved, including hardware and process related events. It also depends on your line of business, if you mine gold, ten minutes are worth...GOLD, but if you run a website with a shopping cart, unles is thinkgeek is not a fortune a minute you loose.
In Countries like mine, completely dominated by Microsoft you could maliciously justify labour hours by considering the training needed to get suck professionals to a decent Unix level, however, young professionals (like me;) are very intrested in Open Source solutions, and the potencial they hold, so the transition should be rather smooth. My point is, determining such details about systems should be more the task of an independent source, like the costumer. Suse for instance publishes some case studies, but for me to believe them, must be the testimony of a real costumer.
Well, the market has been very, very rough this days, since the economy in Chile has been depressed. However, its still the software developing paradise of SouthAmerica, since is the only area of technology that developing is cheap.
Santiago(big city like all the others) has heaps of offers(dont expect huge salaries unles you are very young and very experienced...i know, its crazy) and some down south for the wood and paper industry. 2004 is the year of reactivation, so i wouldn be a pesimist about it.oohay si liame ym
I live in Chile and i must say Chilean IT managers are very intrested in this kind of resources.
At least 6 big Chilean firms are considering moving existing management, database and mail(the pain of spam beaking throug) to Linux as a safer, cheaper and more reliable alternative.
But in general people are affraid since there always will be a Microsofr counterreport saying otherwise. As long as Linux doesnt gain reputation within the corporate world, it'll still be a small idealistic comunity. So TCO i think is the best way to change things theese days.
but if you work for some company with a name, as an unscrupulous you are less likely to commit some fault since there is a whole lot of people you have to answer to. If during the outsourcing you can get away with it, chances are no investigation can trace you back on time and youre free. Outsourcing is like asking someone else to pick up your laundry and wash it for you. It may work, it may be a good idea, but some trust bonds must be established for it to work.
that kind of thinking would be enough for people that make decisions to say "if it isnt making any difference, then we should stop investigating it". Imagine the Alexandrian King(or ruler or whatever) of the time saying that to Plotemy... we'd still think thats the way universe works.
To reach the light in a dark room you must stumble agains all the furniture on the way.
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from teme to time, even the greatest had lost its faith.
Perhaps SCO thinks the phones that are driven by linux have to do with the content of the phone call and claim rights for calling your GF for VD
email me so we can all end this off topic galore
i bet they just cram the numbers so the huge manuals Microsof give you can be used as a stool, to sit in front of the racks, waiting for the system to come back online... seriously, i dont know. This definetely points to a unified criteria for TCOAD (Total Cost of Ownership and Downtime ;)).
what kind of talented sharks do you train that can conduct a survey?
when they manage to shrink them to the size of Derek Zoolander's Mobile Phone.
shouldn TCO include downtime? since when you purchase a system, you should consider reliability and repair time in your analisys. Besides you cant pin downtime to a certain operative system, there are other variables involved, including hardware and process related events. It also depends on your line of business, if you mine gold, ten minutes are worth ...GOLD, but if you run a website with a shopping cart, unles is thinkgeek is not a fortune a minute you loose.
In Countries like mine, completely dominated by Microsoft you could maliciously justify labour hours by considering the training needed to get suck professionals to a decent Unix level, however, young professionals (like me ;) are very intrested in Open Source solutions, and the potencial they hold, so the transition should be rather smooth. My point is, determining such details about systems should be more the task of an independent source, like the costumer. Suse for instance publishes some case studies, but for me to believe them, must be the testimony of a real costumer.
Well, the market has been very, very rough this days, since the economy in Chile has been depressed. However, its still the software developing paradise of SouthAmerica, since is the only area of technology that developing is cheap. Santiago(big city like all the others) has heaps of offers(dont expect huge salaries unles you are very young and very experienced...i know, its crazy) and some down south for the wood and paper industry. 2004 is the year of reactivation, so i wouldn be a pesimist about it.oohay si liame ym
So TCO i think is the best way to change things theese days. Independent, objective TCO analysis i mean.
I live in Chile and i must say Chilean IT managers are very intrested in this kind of resources. At least 6 big Chilean firms are considering moving existing management, database and mail(the pain of spam beaking throug) to Linux as a safer, cheaper and more reliable alternative. But in general people are affraid since there always will be a Microsofr counterreport saying otherwise. As long as Linux doesnt gain reputation within the corporate world, it'll still be a small idealistic comunity. So TCO i think is the best way to change things theese days.
but if you work for some company with a name, as an unscrupulous you are less likely to commit some fault since there is a whole lot of people you have to answer to. If during the outsourcing you can get away with it, chances are no investigation can trace you back on time and youre free. Outsourcing is like asking someone else to pick up your laundry and wash it for you. It may work, it may be a good idea, but some trust bonds must be established for it to work.
that kind of thinking would be enough for people that make decisions to say "if it isnt making any difference, then we should stop investigating it". Imagine the Alexandrian King(or ruler or whatever) of the time saying that to Plotemy... we'd still think thats the way universe works. To reach the light in a dark room you must stumble agains all the furniture on the way.