ummm, I wouldn't say IIS is free, but it is included by default in win2000pro and server...
other then that, I agree.. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Beauchemin Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2001 11:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] problem with linux What people dont relize is that not only can you download a complete OS for free, the package also comes with a ton of free applications and servers for free. Try finding M$ Exchange in windows NT for free. Hows about M$ IIS for free! Maybe there including MS SQL Server for free. NOT! Whats the going price these days for Office XP Try $385.00 on Ebay. Last time I checked Star Office was free! The only thing that even comes close to being a must have M$ application is Outlook. When Revolution finally gets up to speed it will replace that. I get these comments from NT admins that they dont pay for the licenses for M$ products so there software is free. Well dont say that too loud as the M$ Police will pay you a visit and shut ya down. The main reason more companies or individuals dont use Linux or Linux apps is due to fear! If someone would sit down with them and show them how it works and what it looks like they would easily change over. I have personally changed the minds of many companies. When you mention free server software and applications they wake up and smell the coffee. With the economy the way it currently is more and more companies need to look into Linux as their Server OS of choice. Let me ask you this. How much would it cost for M$ software for a medium size company using say 4 servers listed below 1. Exchange email + the per seat software for the email. 2. IIS webserver 3. DNS 4. NT or XP File server Remember you must install NT or XP before you install any of the full blown apps to make each server except the file server. Now how much would it cost for the same servers running linux. 1. Sendmail or postfix server = FREE 2. Apache = FREE 3 Bind 8 cacheing server = FREE 4. Samba File server = FREE Total = FREE Hows about how much it would cost to setup say 100 pc's for that company running say XP pro and Office XP pro. First you neeed to make sure the hardware will work with XP. Have you read all the problems folks are having with older hardware? Companies dont need the latest 1gig plus mhz computers for the average worker PII's are just fine. If your runing a cad house then yes the latest computers would be great. But were talking the average size company. so your looking at over 600.00 per computer for software thats 60,000.00 wow!!! I can save ya 60,000.00 in software costs if youll give me a 1% bonus for the savings. It will cost ya nada, zero, zip and will run on older hardware. Remember it isnt that the Linux community needs to develop a application that M$ doesnt have. There are other reasons to go with Linux mainly cost. Try getting support for XP. Linux has how many developers or Linux Guru's that will help ya out for free and qwickly. This disscusion board has helped me out a ton and qwickly. Get that for M$ crap. Bill Linux Warrior On Monday 26 November 2001 23:55, you wrote: > The problem with linux is the linux community is always creating products > to catch up with windows. I say screw that. I linux community needs to > make a product that is revolutionary and that windows can't use. People > will release that only linux can do this and a lot more users will at least > try linux. > > mark ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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