By Andy McCue
Published: Friday 19 December 2003
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And this is the guy who's boss thought a Barclaycard was a very bad idea?
What he forgets is, while linux admins may be a damn sight more expensive than Windows ones, they also need far fewer of them because, amongst other things, they're not fighting viruses, idiot-proof software, and all those other hindrances that make adminning a nightmare...
Cheers,
Wol
Perhaps the CTO of Barclays should chat with the C...
Photocrimes
I find just the opposite.
Linux requires LESS m...
James Smith
Interesting article. Barclays is a bit biased sin...
Anonymous
And this is the guy who's boss thought a Barclayca...
Anonymous
I think its time to dump stock in this company if ...
John
<yawn> We've heard variations on this theme befor...
Anonymous
Interesting to hear this but since Microsoft are m...
Anonymous
Very Amusing. If he had lived in the 14th century...
Anonymous
"Interesting to hear this but since Microsoft are ...
Dave Howe
I think the comments I've seen so far sum it up. L...
Steve Brown
Pull the other one Mr CTO! I for one don't believe...
Anonymous
I did not detect much structure to his argument th...
Anonymous
Oh really? This must be news to the many European ...
Anonymous
cost of services? What the heck is guy blabbering ...
Ivy Jelvers
What else can he say. A CTO who has just committe...
Anonymous
So Mr Lloyd just paid Microsoft a lot of money for...
Howard B. Golden
Well your prespective is worthless than. Take the ...
Anonymous
This CTO is typlical of many I am afraid. They hav...
Paul
Providing the numbers you crunched and how you cru...
Matthew C. Tedder
Translation “I upgraded the bank to 2003 Office an...
joe
uh... yeah. That's I would say too if I was dumb e...
Hans
What setup did he try? Linux is probably pretty po...
Richard Corfield
Barclays CTO doesn't seem to have a mid-term view ...
titus
Saying that tho, at least he has managed to get to...
Anonymous
Kevin Lloyd just blew £210m on a seven-year deskto...
Anonymous
Give us the numbers please!
Anonymous
Since this CTO comes from one of the largest banks...
Anonymous
IT Managers should be the last ones to talk, since...
keep_ur_trapshut
What is this cost of support they all talk about? ...
Anonymous
Too bad he should have asked me. I would have upg...
Anonymous
first : I just will conctact him in 3 years !!
se...
enthalpie
Why do you people care so much? Do you work for th...
Anonymous
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