Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 27 Oct 00, at 14:30, Chuck Albertson wrote: > Could be that Linux is easier to administer, but we're a small firm and > really can't afford a full-time admin. Besides, the Novell system has been > fairly stable through the years and we're loath to change that. The last > file server crash (couple of years ago, due to a defective drive) was quite > costly in terms of lost work. I don't have the luxury of being a full-time admin, or hiring one, and we've got a Novell server that's been clicking along now for some years, I'm not about to switch from Novell to Linux. But if I were installing a file server now, I'd likely choose Linux. It isn't just pressure from MS that's pushed Novell out of the server business. > From the news this morning, though, it looks like Windows is going open > source. (No wonder my brothers out at Redmond have been unreachable the last > couple of days.) Hadn't seen that news, and can't say that I'd take it at face value...