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Re: Linux at work (real world)

Subject: Re: Linux at work (real world)
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:03:26 -0800

Steve Hudson wrote:

Hang on - one minute three years of support aint enough for you - yet you
discuss moving to a platform with no/little native support?


This is another myth about Linux that's overdue for being put to rest.

It's true that, if you download Linux for free, you don't get any support. None, that is, except for a community of millions of users, thousands of web sites, and hundreds of books - resources which aren't actually pretty good, once you get oriented. I've become reasonably adept at configuring Linux using these sources, and I'm an English major; in fact, I can configure a network faster under Linux than I can under Windows. But, naturally, you can't expect to get phone and on-site support for a free download, can you?

However, every commercial Linux distribution sells support packages. Moreover, despite another myth, the distributions are similar enough that an expert in one can generally give you the help you need in another. As a result, even if a distribution company went out of business, you still wouldn't be left without resources. And I haven't even mentioned all the small professional services companies around the world that offer their own support packages.

The bottom line: the only reason not to get support for Linux is that you chose not to. If you want it, it's there.

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Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604.421.7177

"And here's the latest phrase you hear as you walk down the street,
Oh, you can't be up-to-date if you don't call out when you meet,
'Are you working?' 'No, are you?'"
-British Music Hall Song, 1922




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