[Info-vax] Should Oracle buy OpenVMS?

[Arne Vajhøj]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>> The last time I looked, there were several levels of support available; 
>> the cheapest $0.00 being web access to security patches only. For some 
>> money you get access to a database with patches and solutions to common 
>> problems.  For more money you get questions and answers via e-mail.  For 
>> lots more money, you get telephone support and, for REALLY big bucks, 
>> you get priority telephone support; e.g. someone will talk to you right 
>> away.
> 
> But the question is whether outfits like RedHat, IBM etc can provide
> comparale Linux support for much less than what Sun charges for Solaris
> suport or whether they are all more or less the same.

Good IT people cost what good IT people cost rather independent
of the OS.

The advantages for Linux are just:
- competitive market meaning that the vendor can not
   make an over normal profit
- some of the providers has support as their core business
   meaning that it gets priority

The move to Linux are not driven by low support cost but by:
- cheap HW (x86-64)
- cheap SW
- lots of software available
- lots of people with Linux skills available

Arne