Jacob Fugal wrote:

> 
> [1] It's interesting to note however that 67% of that figure is still
> in paid salaries, rather than the cost of the hardware itself. If
> you've got a super sysadmin who can manage 100 boxes (and you better
> be paying them at least 80K if they are that super), the hardware
> budget will scale a lot better. There's a lot to be said for getting
> your hands on a good sysadmin...

Ah, but does SuperSysAdmin have to use a slow scripting language?

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