On Wed, June 12, 2013 1:42 pm, Trent W. Buck wrote:
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.
This is true, but even more so *nix systems don't fall over as often. It's the classic sysadmin's dilemma. MS-Windows admins are running around like headless chooks trying to put out brush fires caused by poor choice of operating system, whereas *nix admins don't look like they have to work very hard at all - because the problems are fewer and easier to fix (giving them more time to deal with even more complex problems). The following is a little contribution I submitted to a graduate forum when I was doing my MBA some time back. It may still be useful for some. http://www.levlafayette.com/node/252 All the best, -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), MBA, GCertPM mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt