10-30-2010, 10:14 PM
I personally like linux.
I do not know it nearly well enough to work with it in a network admin environment. I'm barely capable of running a windows environment. I'm not a hardware guy. I'm "that there computer guy" at work, which means, I get to run it.
I also work in a business that firmly believes in that old american adage of "You get what you pay for", and the lack of price associated with Linux immediately made it sound like a steaming pile of crap to them. The response was:
"Why do you pay for microsoft son? Because it is a better product. If that Linux stuff were worth anything, it would cost money"
Sure, in a 'real' setting, it wouldn't be a question. I would have everything as Red Hat (the linux dist I have the most experience with), and I would be pouring over Red Hat books. But, without writing a dissertation esque post, trust me, the fact that I have bolstered the companies computer systems to 10, and added a server is a success. We don't even keep paperwork on the computers, because that would "make it too easy" for Uncle Sam.
I do not know it nearly well enough to work with it in a network admin environment. I'm barely capable of running a windows environment. I'm not a hardware guy. I'm "that there computer guy" at work, which means, I get to run it.
I also work in a business that firmly believes in that old american adage of "You get what you pay for", and the lack of price associated with Linux immediately made it sound like a steaming pile of crap to them. The response was:
"Why do you pay for microsoft son? Because it is a better product. If that Linux stuff were worth anything, it would cost money"
Sure, in a 'real' setting, it wouldn't be a question. I would have everything as Red Hat (the linux dist I have the most experience with), and I would be pouring over Red Hat books. But, without writing a dissertation esque post, trust me, the fact that I have bolstered the companies computer systems to 10, and added a server is a success. We don't even keep paperwork on the computers, because that would "make it too easy" for Uncle Sam.
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