A Website Dedicated to Computer Professional...and some not so Professional Cheaper Software Douglas Chick What a company really needs is cheaper software. Since the collapse in the economy, software makers have been trying to sell the idea that with the purchase of their product comes a reduction in IT staff--more software less people. There was a time when computer people and software companies worked together; software was sold, people were needed to manage it. And the very first instance that the economy was in decline, software companies began a campaign that betrayed the IT engineer and we've been locked in a bitter battle ever since.  With their jobs on the line, the IT professional immediately retaliated by offering their company a cheaper alternative to the expensive monopolistic operating system and began their own campaign with Linux. And then IBM saw an opportunity for a little retaliation themselves and joined the Linux revolution. Can't we all just get along-NO, and I'll tell you why--there are too many people with too much software stock at stake to allow freeware to sweep the server rooms of America like NT swept Netware. Ah, Netware...Novell also saw an opportunity to take back its lost market, and in a brilliant move incorporated Linux into their network operating system. But where doesn't it leave all the thousands of IT people that dedicated their careers to Microsoft products? That's a lot of MCSEs that don't want to CNA, or RHCE because SCO has SUED IBM. ** The battle between cheaper software over cheap IT staff is coming to an angry boil and sometime soon somethin's gotta give. I have a feeling before the years out, we'll see if it will be; free software or free labor that wins.  ** For the non computer professional reading this... MCSE means Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer CNA means Certified Netware Administrator RHCE means Red Hat Certified Engineer SCO is the company suing IBM DougChick@TheNetworkAdministrator.com

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