Posted by Chung Leong on 04/06/06 17:36

rlee0001 wrote:
> Only in the windows world is a server admin a full time position. In
> the linux world the same position is a PRN position, total cost per
> year: less than $4,000.00. You get one of your PHP programmers or DBAs
> to maintain the servers when it is needed instead of actually trying to
> find a PRN system admin. It only takes maybe 120 hours a year to swap
> out harddrives, install memory and upgrade motherboards.

I'm not advocating one platform over another. I'm just trying to
explain the method to what some of you see as madness.

Administration of a Windows server isn't a full-time position either.
That's really the whole point. In an organization with a large Windows
deployment, you can easily assign this part-time job to one of your
MCSEs. In an ad hoc operation maybe you can delegate the task to a
programmer, but in most organizations employees have well-defined areas
of responsibilities. You can't just let someone handle something
because he can.

> Linux is like an Airbus. It pretty much flies itself.

But would you fly on an Airbus piloted by a flight attendant? I don't
think so.

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