this is something that a senior cox engineer brought to my attention.
we need to commission or present a white paper on the viability of linux
within the cox.net system.
Reason is this: they are running some windows servers and the techs are
starting to look at alternatives.
if we can convert cox.net to 100% linux (or as close to that as possible), it
will free up some time spent troubleshooting server problems and let the
techs actually work on real problems for a change.
We would need to have a focus for the paper (as seen from a suit's point of
view: "how much is this going to cost?" and also from the technician pov:
"how easy is it to setup?").
Personally, I feel we need as much data as possible to support a premise for
getting cox.net switched over. I've already run across a few UNIX heads in
the tech support staff and 1 or 2 linux users that run at home. if management
and the stockholders can be convinced, well.....
just a few thoughts.
Technomage
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