[wplug] directory of regional Linux consultants?

Eric C. Cooper ecc at cmu.edu
Wed Apr 2 12:57:27 EST 2003


I am on a committee advising a local independent K-12 school on their
technology roadmap.  Some consultants have already recommended that
they spend many tens of thousands of dollars on Microsoft licenses for
their servers, and are pushing Windows 2K, Exchange, Active Directory,
etc.  The open source alternative has so far been dismissed because
they think it's easy to find Microsoft consultants to help them, but
difficult to get Linux help.

Naturally, I'd like to fight this perception as convincingly as
possible.  If you have pointers to a list of Linux-savvy consultants
in the area, or simply know or represent one such organization, please
email me any info you have.  If you know of any case studies in the
area, that would be great too.  I'd really like to address the whole
cost of ownership of using Linux vs. MS servers in this kind of
environment.

I'll be happy to share the compiled data with the group (maybe it
would make a useful addition to WPLUG's web site).  Thanks for any
help you can give me in fighting the good fight.

-- 
Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u



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