From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 29 13: 6:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.psn.net (pluto.psn.net [207.211.58.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1579315130 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:06:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@shadow.blackdawn.com) Received: from 23-114.008.popsite.net ([209.69.197.114] helo=shadow.blackdawn.com) by pluto.psn.net with esmtp (PSN Internet Service 3.12 #1) id 12Ef3U-0001OS-00; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 14:05:20 -0700 Received: by shadow.blackdawn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 159A51B3A; Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:04:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:04:09 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: John Purser Cc: 'Jonathon McKitrick' , 'freebsd-chat' Subject: Re: costs for solaris vs windows Message-ID: <20000129160409.G45988@shadow.blackdawn.com> References: <000001bf6a93$4c58fba0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <000001bf6a93$4c58fba0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com>; from johnmpurser@home.com on Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 11:59:05AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 11:59:05AM -0800, John Purser wrote: > Well the number came directly from the MS marketing department so you know > it must be correct right? Excuse me while I die laughing. I don't suppose you've ever worked in a _real_ company (i.e., one with a lot of $), where they actually have a substantial marketing dept. The fact is, marketing depts around the world are !@#%!@#% morons who do anything to boost their company's image, even if it hurts the tech dept. And no, don't ask me for any references... > In this article: > http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9911/22/solaris8.ent.idg/index.html ^^^^^^^^ Didn't you notice this? > it was claimed that "data centers running Windows 2000 will cost > one-fifth to one-third of the price of a Unix-based system and will > also offer customers significant savings over Unix in terms of TC0." > > Is this possible? I thought the reason many companies were going back > to Unix was because of lower costs? Or is this just referring to > commercial Unix? And since when has M$ offered value as one of its > selling points? Yes, I imagine they're referring to things such as Solaris, Digital UNIX, and BSD/OS. I honestly couldn't give a rat's behind about that.. -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message