On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 10:34, Amy Tanner wrote: > Where I work, we currently have about 50 Linux boxes (that number is rapidly I keep on thinking I've got at least 150, perhaps closer to 200. Neat thing about a good system of working is when you don't actually know when a pin drops or something changes because others have taken care of it behind your back. :) > growing). We do not purchase software support for any of them. We just Ditto. There is a wealth of great information out there on the net, and people here will help in a pinch. I've got no qualms 'learning' along with others on the list by providing help. > commercial Linux support. The only commercial software we run on Linux > is Oracle and I think we do have support for that. Hardware support, > on other other hand, can be useful. We've got a few commercial packages, and unless they directly harm your company if it breaks badly, its not worth it. Perhaps for things like oracle a 'per incident' package might be worth it. Perhaps finding an oracle dba if it really matters that much. :) Most commercial software companies are good enough to make the software installable and supportable, otherwise their market uses other software. -- Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> http://www.ringworld.org/