Re: Re: getting a LAMP job in this economy

On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 09:32 PM, Michael Kimsal wrote:

Being able to positively improve an employer's bottom line is always a plus you can bring to any 'job' - you're there to do work and make them money too. If you can help by furthering the use of Linux/PHP/etc due to the licensing cost issues, so much the better.

This is a good point. I'm using the LAMP scheme right now for my employer (though I haven't yet explained the advantages). I'm hoping that, when I'm done, I can provide a report explaining how much was saved by going with open source solutions -- right now the only two purchases made specifically for my project were 1) Mac OS X 10.1 2) Extra memory for the Linux server (and I'd like them to buy me the full version of BBedit so I don't have to use the "lite" -- $89 upgrade) Is there a resource that helps me weigh the cost-effectiveness of the choices I made? (Note that the savings aren't as great as you might think -- we already have Oracle and a hosting service that provides ASP, but I wonder what the licenses would have cost us.) Erik