[NBLUG/talk] #se7en -- http://windows7sins.org/

[Scott Doty]

On 09/03/2009 11:00 AM, Ed Rogers wrote:
> It's the same argument the accounting/purchasing types always give me
> about Linux (not just these people, other people in other state places
> too). They don't use things that are free. They have to pay someone who is
> therefore endebted to them to fix it or take the fall and be sued.

Sounds tough.

But "free software" doesn't mean you can't buy a support contract...a 
common mistake folks make.

Get RHEL & bask in the glory of Linux support. :)

http://www.redhat.com/

Or SUSe/Novell.  Or any of a number of orgs that will be happy to take 
your money.

And...hmm.  I wonder if you could get an IBM Mainframe environment on a 
card?  I know you can get Unisys A-Series mainframes on a PCI card...and 
heck, maybe there's even a qemu personality to run your legacy stuff in 
a virtual server on Linux?  Who knows? ... but I'll bet there's all 
kinds of flexible options (support an otherwise) that the State of CA 
could use for cost savings.

Give it some thought! :)

  -Scott