RE: [MLUG] the future of Linux -- fractionation?

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

How long does it take to recompile a kernel to fit your needs and how
often do you have to do it? I'd do it just once. :)

I'm safe. Nobody would date me besides marry me. ;)

People without money buy Oracle? If I had no money I'd use MySQL. :)

> I don't think it's an issue of having the trained staff.  Think of it as
> a time issue.
>
> If my time is spent all day on debugging a piece of software that I
> could have put somebody else on to fix, then my company is out my time
> for the day when I could have spent it doing other things.
>
> There is also a second or third tier support if say the technical team
> gets hit by a bus while out on lunch or some other disaster.  My
> managers could call up Oracle say we've got this new guy because of our
> disaster, can you help him get our DB back on line.  The chance of that
> is probably unrealistic but, it's all about warm fuzzies in the post
> 9/11 world we live in.  Multiple levels of redundant support even if it
> costs a bit more.
>
> Now, I should say that I didn't used to feel this way.  You hire smart
> intelligent people to do a job.  Folks like us have more energy to solve
> problems than the regular Joe in most cases.  We have a lot of people
> depending on us... and then it hit me.  We have other things we can and
> probably should be doing.
>
> If you can help it, don't waste an FTE (Full Time Employee) time when
> you've paid for somebody else with a support contract.
>
> I used to feel much like you seem to.  If I'm a smart and capable person
> who can do the work if the software just worked as I expected, why
> should we pay for a commercial product?  That was a hard thing to learn
> for me.  (Then I got married and discovered that I had a life outside of
> work and a long with it, the need to be else where after 6pm most of the
> time.)
>
> You'd also be surprised what many would do with out the proper support
> staff... (and it's not just the horror story factor, it's a simple
> reality when folks don't have a budget.)
>
> Ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:46 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: RE: [MLUG] the future of Linux -- fractionation?
>
> [snip]
>
> That made more sense although I still think it'd be easier to support
> the
> main tree than individual distros. Do companies really run things like
> Oracle without having their own trained staff that could figure out how
> to
> recompile a kernel? I won't deny that they might but it sounds crazy to
> me. :)
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