we are an isv so we have to deal gear from all the
major vendors in addition to enterprise suse and
redhat deployments.  linux for us costs a lot more
(hw/sw/support) then solaris/hpux/aix as we havent
been able to get any developer deals with novell or
rh.

we run freebsd on more critical gear than linux at
this time too.  i wish veritas would let us use that
for the server and not just a client.

--- "Greenberg, Katherine A" <GreenbergKA AT aetna DOT com>
wrote:

> Interesting, since every vendor I've spoken to who
> manages any kind of
> costing group for customers has had to work REALLY
> hard to justify the
> costing for using Linux in the enterprise....
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:jlightner AT water DOT com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:49 PM
> To: Paul Keating; Greenberg, Katherine A; Dhotre,
> Shekhar; List Veritas
> List
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Symantec and Linux support
> 
> 
> There IS dollar savings even if you go the
> commercial Linux variants and
> pay for support as compared to commercial Unix
> (especially the RISC
> based solutions).
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On
> Behalf Of Paul
> Keating
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:06 PM
> To: Greenberg, Katherine A; Dhotre, Shekhar; List
> Veritas List
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Symantec and Linux support
> 
> Honestly though, that smacks of management thinking
> Linux is free (as in
> beer) rather than free (as in speech.)
> 
> Any question like that coming from mgmt is usually
> related to percieved
> dollar savings.
> 
> Paul
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]
> On Behalf Of 
> > Greenberg, Katherine A
> > Sent: May 10, 2006 1:28 PM
> > To: Dhotre, Shekhar; List Veritas List
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Symantec and Linux
> support
> > 
> > 
> > I don't honestly know of a single company these
> days that
> > isn't looking
> > at Linux for one reason or another...
> > 
> > Unless you aren't. And then I'll know of one :)
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]
> On Behalf Of Dhotre, 
> > Shekhar
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:23 PM
> > To: Scott Jacobson; Ed Wilts; List Veritas List
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Symantec and Linux
> support
> > 
> > 
> > >>I've been asked by my management why we're not
> using Linux for
> > NetBackup
> > 
> > 
> > Any particular reason -your management is
> interested in Linux ?
> 
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