Russell Coker wrote:
I've seen lots of debates in both directions about pay etc when comparing Linux and Windows. For each OS there are people who claim that companies should use it because staff are cheaper and people who claim that individuals should become proficient at using it because pay rates are higher.
IME, comparatively, - Windows sysadmins are cheap, abundant, and ineffective. - Unix sysadmins are expensive, rare, and effective. I attribute the former two properties primarily to supply-and-demand economics and the latter to Windows' emphasis on GUIs creating local maxima when it comes to automating routine work. I can't comment on the users, because, frankly, they give me the heebie-jeeebies and I avoid them wherever possible :-) PS: Hm... I may just be spouting platitudes -- I can't remember when I last saw any actual numbers. ^[citation needed]!