Chris Walker wrote:
On Sun 07 Dec, Tarquin Mills wrote:
Ben Francis wrote:
It's also harder for schools to get cheap support for a Linux system. Technicians who can just about cope with a Windows NT/2000 network and keep the printers topped up with ink are easy to come by and relatively cheap to employ. A Linux system adminstrator is not.
I disagree, IT people are plentiful in Norwich, and as IT jobs become more and more scarce this going to more so.
I'm with Ben on this one. Sorry Tarquin :-)
My employer has thousands of Microsoft desktop machines and almost as many problems seemingly. The 'midrange' team that support Sun boxes amongst others are quite knowledgeable whereas I wouldn't describe the other mob in the same way and as a service engineer for twenty years it's easy for me to compare.
That is not bit I disargeeing with, the bit I disargee with is that they cannot find a "cheap" Linux SysAdmin.