[geeks] Sun-HOWTO

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:02:30PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:48:26PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > That means an initial cash outlay of $5,597,600, not including networking
> > gear, which probably needs to be better than average for the SunRays, but
> > shouldn't be a problem with how many network interfaces can be stuffed in
> > a SunFire.  That comes to $2,430 per seat.  About the same as for a PC,
> > except the network needs to be a bit better, but there should be great
> > savings on support staff.  
> 
> $2300?  I know the place I work for probably spends less than $1K on 
> our "normal" desktop winblows machines, considering a volume purchasing
> discount from Compaq...

Yes, but what is the machine to admin ratio for the PCs versus the unix
boxes?  Most places report that is is higher for unix boxes, but working
at a telco, things might be different for you.

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Joshua D. Boyd