[wplug] directory of regional Linux consultants?

Vanco, Donald VANCOD at PIOS.com
Wed Apr 2 13:38:48 EST 2003


This is dated, but gives you something of a "snapshot" in nature:
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lcg/html/x21777.html

See the root for other areas...

Don
Eric C. Cooper wrote:
> 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.



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