> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:26:19 -0600 (CST) > From: "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Proper ettiquette for posting messages > Reply-To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Tom Mitchell wrote: <snip> > The sad thing is that I had my boss convinced to get rid of all of our > aging NT4 domain controllers and file servers, and switch to RH9 running > samba. Now, fedora changes too rapidly to use as a server, and we don't > have the cash for RHEL. So it looks like we're stuck with NT4 for awhile. > *sigh* > > I was even wearing him down about linux on the desktop, but now that RHL > is no longer an option, my bosses postion is basically "if we're gonna > have to pay that much for a desktop os (RHEL/WS) then we may as well stick > with one that we know (windows)". > > RHEL/WS Basic edition is $169. WinXP Pro upgrade is $169.99. What with > having to re-educate all of our users, etc, there's just no way. Oh, > well. *sigh* > > Ben Check out some of these for a server OS: White Box Enterprise Linux - http://whiteboxlinux.org/index.html Tao Linux - http://taolinux.org/ cAos or CentOS - http://caosity.org/ They have different pluses/minuses, but all are related to RHEL. I like WBEL but opinions vary. Might help with the *sigh*s :) None of the RH-derived variants is likely to be good for your Windoze users - not very well-rated as a desktop OS. Xandros, Lycoris, SuSE, Mandrake, and Lindows [if you're not afraid of running as root :( ] have all gotten better reviews in that area. Good luck with your convincing your boss. Phil Schaffner
