Re: [tlug] Why the shirts? Why TLUG?

["Uva Coder" <uva.coder@example.com>]

On 4/22/07, Lyle H Saxon <llletters@example.com> wrote:

> experience on this topic!  For example, when I mentioned the
> overpricing issue several years ago, one member of the group commented
> "You might as well say they are underpricing their product" and went
> on to "explain" why the world really is flat.

While not being that person, I would comment about what I have
currently experienced. The estimates that I have been given last week
state that a window server solution is cheaper than a RedHat solution
on the same hardware in year one and moving on. The estimates were
from well-known suppliers here in Tokyo. Which solution would be
better from a budget standpoint? <no reply necessary>

Btw a Solaris solution on slightly more expensive hardware is also
cheaper than a RedHat solution. It's that damn RH entitlement fee that
kills us.

Sorry to digress.

> Groan!  Not the "perception is reality" line of thinking!  You have a
> point, but I would say that reality is reality, functionality is
> functionality, and when something bad is viewed as something good, and
> something good is seen as something bad, this is not reality - it's
> neanderthalism!  It's misunderstanding the world.  Still, marketing is
> not to be ignored....

Nope. Hmm, it might be better viewed from relationship standpoint.
Brands have a relationship aspect, but since I forget what we're
talking about. ;) Like my last post this morning, I'm not fully awake.

--Uva