“”I’ve seen Linux guys totally confused when it comes to simple things like Hardware Raid, changing one piece of hardware (kernel panic time)or even something as simple as a server restore issue.””
I have no idea who interviews the people you hire-
But obviously these Unix/linux guys are losers..except for
fooling your company to hire them-
a suggestion.. work with a known good unix company to maintain your systems- hire them (short or long term contract) have them interview or recommend an admin for you.
Yep tried that as well. LOL.
It all comes down to the fact that Linux really is not ready for prime time. There are out-standing stability issues, lack of commercial tools to support it and generally a multitude of thought on “best practice”.
The biggest issue is the support that is required just to “make it work”. I can have a Windows box up and running in less than 3 hours, a Linux box, not so much.
I not a Windows fanboy, far from it, I’ve been in the IT industry for over 20 yrs and have worked with pretty well all there is to work with. However, at this point of my life, I really don’t want to play around and promise my bosses that an opsys can do a job that it is just not cabable of doing.
Take for example file and print sharing. If anyone can convince me that Linux can do it better than Windows, I’ll gladly switch. However when I can train a help desk person in five minutes on Windows, you got a lot of convincing to do.