Most of what you talk about is outside the scope of a data center.
On 2015-10-25 15:42, Eric Oyen wrote:
> time may be money, but sometimes its worth it to have alternatives.
I like alternatives. I run Mint on my desktop. I've been fortunate
enough that it just worked so it was cost effective. I like buying
discounted hardware and putting Linux on it. I would have difficulty
leaving home with a Mac that might cost $2k or more.... yikes.
Still time is money. All things being equal, a top end programmer might
make $40 - $60 plus per hour W2 plus benefits. Is it cost effective to
have that person or someone else compile a driver for their hardware?
Probably not unless they have a very specific need. They need something
that gets them to work as fast as possible. I think that was the one of
the points of the article.
I used Windows for years, even though I have never been a fan of M$.
Why because it did the job. Until several years ago I did not like
Linux on my desktop, even though I tried to go M$ free on two prior
occasions dating back to 2000.
I think what you are describing is a business niche or someone with
Linux admin skills messing with their own hardware.
> Sure, on a mac everything "just works" (well, mostly). The issue here
> is that all IT personnel need to know how to deal with any OS on their
> network, including being able to edit and compile drivers for
> specialized hardware. I have an old mac here (its a series 2007
> vintage white book) and I managed to get linux working on it. The key
> is finding the correct drivers. If one doesn't exist, but is close to
> another in the same chipset, it isn't that hard to modify it to work
> (or, it may just work anyway). The kicker is getting the source info
> from the manufacturer (in the case of apple, its Intel). SOmetimes
> they are helpful and sometimes they aren't .
>
> -eric
>
> On Oct 25, 2015, at 2:09 PM, Keith Smith wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "Linux is only free if your time is worthless." - A guy that owns a
>> data center told me he buys Mac because he does not have the time to
>> fix driver issues.... etc. Time is money!!
>>
>>
>>
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