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Old 02-19-2008, 02:42 PM
Guy Macon
 
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Default Re: Trying to evaluate TCO Windows XP vs. Slackware


Keith Matthews <invalid@frequentous.co.uk> says...

>One figure I have seen quoted is that for 100 Windows users you need one
>person full-time just seeing to virus fixes. It was not clear if this was
>9X or NT architecture, but I suspect 9X.
>
>A speaker at the recent UKUUG Linux conference told how he was supporting
>250 users in an university environment with just 3 hours/week of his time.
>He was using Debian, but I see no serious impediment to using Slack.


I would bet that if you looked at those two administrators, you would
also find that the Linux admin solves most problems through a remote
cnnection, while the Windows admin has to travel to where the computers
are.

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