[wplug] RE: directory of regional Linux consultants?

[Lips John W]

I'm not sure about consultants in the area, but here's what IBM has to say about total cost of ownership.

http://www-1.ibm.com/mediumbusiness/servlet/survey/GetSurveyServlet.wss?code=6N3A8W28&ca=mbclinuxsaves&me=W&met=inli&re=MBCResPromo1


>Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:57:27 -0500
>To: wplug at wplug.org
>From: "Eric C. Cooper" <ecc at cmu.edu>
>Subject: [wplug] directory of regional Linux consultants?
>Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
>
>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
>mail 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


John W. Lips
Mellon Financial Corporation
Manager, Quality Assurance
DSG/TDD
Phone:	(412) 236-7992
Fax:	(412) 236-7748
E-Mail:	lips.jw at mellon.com



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