Chris Walker wrote:

On Sun 07 Dec, Tarquin Mills wrote:

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Ben Francis wrote:

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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.