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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Yep I'd have thought they would have some sort of testing lab to test >> updates before rolling them out. At a previous company I used to work >> for they would generally delay updates for testing for about a >> fortnight to test against all the different systems, unless that is it >> was an ultra urgent update. > Last company where I worked at doing some form of MS admin we looked at > that: > To test you need as many servers for the test as you have live so that > costs you twice as much in licenses!!! > Tom te tom te tom And MS claim that windows has a lower total cost of ownership Seriously though we have yet more material here to talk about at any meeting, here we have a real world example of how expensive commercial software is, if you take this additional cost, how much would that compare to a roll out of Linux servers, + training and other costs. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details DCGLUG MEETINGS - Details on www.dcglug.org.uk/drupal6, - please click on Group meetings link on right hand side Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktZmX8ACgkQaggq1k2FJq35UQCfdxw2t56D58TvsNslAgGjMt/u AxkAn2WTxe18z8rIzSPTW50OiSiRRxfx =t5RC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html