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Re: 2004 - Year of Linux Desktop2004-01-27 08:45:21 AM kylix0 QuoteDon't know about your side of the pond but very few businesses here pay "off you would need server 2003 small business along with SQL server for 5-10 people. That's at least $2,000 per server. Figure at last another $1,000 for a low end server. If I only charge 10k for the server, that's a huge percentage of my revenue pie. This turnkey system I install is never touched by anyone at the site because they wouldn't know what to do anyway. I manage it all through SSH which is another reason to go with Linux. Everything is configurable from the command line. So instead of having to tack on $2,000 (at least) for software, I'm using Mandrake 9.2 server which comes with support and is $200. My gui app is still a windows app but the back end is postgres/python with some custom middleware i've built. The best part is I can offer them file sharing, pop access, ftp, print sharing, VPN, etc and it costs me $0. I just install the service, config, and done. Linux is an awesome server. |