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At some point hitherto, ReK2 hath spake thusly:
> 
> Well that is your Idea... but a good IT manager(not corporate brain wash yet)
> will know that Linux/BSD scales better than any other ms windows OS in the 
> server side. and nothing can beat in cheap... and if you also have a good 
> system administrator.. that today lot of companys lack... they will save lot 
> of money, in support and in software... conclusion more budget for nice 
> hardware.

Man I wish that were true.  Unfortunately, you can't define a good IT
manager as someone who realizes that, in many cases,
Linux/Unix/whatever is a better bet than a given Microsoft platform.
Many, many IT managers have been successfully brainwashed by the
Microsoft Propoganda Wave.  That doesn't necessarily make them bad IT
managers, on the whole.

If you had the time/resources, you'd want to bring in a test
environment to model your planned production environment, and compare
your available options based on price, performance, and a variety of
other factors (not the least of which would include user acceptance).
As much as we'd like it to be, just because something is the best
TECHNICAL solution to a problem, doesn't always mean it's the best
overall solution.  There are times when Microsoft does win.  Sometimes
they win because there are no affordable alternatives to a specific
application in the Unix world.  Sometimes its because the cost of
training all your employees on something different is far more than
the cost of implementing the other peices of the solution...

There are many points to consider.  Microsoft's strong point is in
selling the customer that they are better on some/many/all of those
points.  Whether it's true or not largely doesn't matter.  Just ask
the BetaMax people...  

In the long run, I do think that Linux will kill (or at least maim)
Microsoft's OS business.  But it's going to take a while, largely just
because there's no one out there actively promoting Linux as a
solution.  Except maybe Red Hat.  But they've got a long way to go.

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