Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On 10/12/2024 04:41, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-12-09, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
 

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 15:28:19 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:
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Indeed, *very* much so.  Which is why "enterprise" and "corporate" IT
environments are so rabid about having "support".  "Support" is their
buzzword for "someone else to blame so we can cover our assess when the
shit hits the fan".

>
An argument from our clients is Linux isn't 'supported'. When asked if
they've ever used Microsoft support, crickets.

 Several years ago Microsoft's buzzphrase against Linux was "total cost
of ownership" (TCO).  In other words, M$ products cost money, but the
support more than makes up for it.  It was amazing how fast evidence
to the contrary piled up.  "TCO" disappeared from the M$ marketing
lexicon pretty fast.
 

ROFLMAO
Indeed. Total cost of ownership of SCO UNIX was amazingly low, even after you had bought the license
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