[oclug] OSS Marketing (was MS buys its way in)

[Dana Webber]

Does anybody know the licensing cost to install another image. 
I guess it's over $1000 Cdn.  ( $200 for xp and $600 office + etc. )
If some IT "consultant" gets %10 for 1000 orders then thats
$100,000 ( = the cost of a new Hummer X2 )

If somebody did a Linux proposal for $200 a seat then he/she
could get two Hummer X2's. If nobody does a Linux one
then M$ wins by default. 



On Thursday 24 April 2003 10:53, Patrick Ouellette wrote:
> At 09:37 AM 24/04/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >The only reason that is acceptable here, you do not have enough
> >money to buy sufficient hard drive to do dual boot.
> >
> >Your reasons are even weaker if thoses stations are networked.
>
> Both are in place, but the argument we get is that:
> - the current Win image is already 8 Gig's and distributing it is a time
> consuming / costly process
> - adding another 1.5-2 gig for Linux would complicate and slow things down
>
> And, like I said, the commitment to support *NIX is there, but the tangible
> aspect of it is slow in appearing.
>
> >Historicaly, technical peoples have learn unix before others OS.
>
> Not in this shop, and if you look at the reasons behind the Treasury Board
> CS requirements decision, you'll find the trend has gone the other way
> around. A more accurate statement might be "Historically,
> good/knowledgeable technical people have learned UNIX befre other O/S."
>
> >The constation is then, that the peoples, in charge of the formation of
> >the future technical peoples, does not have the expertise to utilise
> >actual technology.
>
> More a case of an IT Support department dictating what academia can or
> can't do for reasons that have nothing to do with academic requirements ...
> and mandated/governed by people several levels removed from academia (Board
> of Governors, President, etc).
>
> And that's got a historical log several miles long in this institution.
>
> It's also why there's RFP's for external support bids that were put out
> some time back :)
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Patrick Ouellette
> Algonquin College - School of Advanced Technology
> Program Coordinator - Computer System Technician Program
> Professor - Computer Studies Department

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Dana Webber
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Getting a computer system to work is like banging your head against a brick 
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