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Re: Any Linux support around ?
My points exactly :-) I used to fill this post, but now that I'm not readily
available for technical 'on-site', our sysad (she's recently of the NT cadre
:-) would like to have commercial support, in case of serious mishaps. she
know that between the both of us, we can handle most rutine stuff, but from
her experience (like I said, - used to be an NT sysad), she would rather
have insurance before leaping chasms. I don't totatly disagree with that
attitude.
Oded
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nadav Har'El" <nyh@math.technion.ac.il>
To: "Oded Arbel" <odeda-linux-il@betalfa.org.il>
Cc: <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 23:01
Subject: Re: Any Linux support around ?
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2001, Oded Arbel wrote about "Any Linux support around ?":
> >
> > Hi list.
> >
> > I've just had a talk with our sysadmin back in the kibutz, and she says
> > she has no problem comiting to Linux full time, if only for lack of
> > commercial support in Israel. so the question of the day - can we, and
if
> > so - with whom - sign an 'on-site' support contract ?
> >
> > I know that Netvision do support contracts, but AFAIK (please correct me
> > if I'm wrong) they do not do 'on-site'. the only two other companies I
> > know of are PF1 (dead, but still kicking) and ArtNet (were unavailable
> > for comment on their services ;-) and neither of them supplies the
> > merchendize.
>
> What kind of support contract are you looking for? Are you looking for
> somebody who will help install and upgrade Linux, set up a network,
> fix problems, and stuff like that, or only somebody to answer questions in
> the rare case of more complex problems?
> I don't know which companies are providing such a service, but I'm sure
you
> can find a kid, or a student, who wou'd be glad to help you for half the
> price a commercial solution would cost. If you really need "full time"
> commercial support like you said, this will cost you a huge amount of
money
> if you use external support services. Are you prepared to pay such prices?
>
> By the way, maybe it's just me, but it strikes me a little odd that a
> Kibutz, of all places, will choose to go in such a commercial,
"outsourced",
> route. I mean, here is a resource that is freely available (Linux), and
all
> you have to do is train one Kibutz member a bit in it (isn't there any
such
> kid, or student, or something, in the Kibutz already? Maybe the sysadmin
> herself?), and you can save a lot of money. This trained person will also
> learn a very valuable (at least now) profession which will surely continue
> to benefit the Kibutz in the future.
>
> Just my 8.26 agorot.
>
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> Nadav Har'El | Thursday, Feb 1 2001, 9 Shevat
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