Dan,
I'll not spend a lot of time on this, but here are some thoughts.
1. You want to avoid, as should your client/employer, a multiplicity of
OSs unless there is a compelling reason for the diversity, e.g., they are
used for testing multiplatform software.
2. Having said that, you need to decide what should remain. In most shops
you will find Windows to be the predominate desktop OS, so as a minimum you
will need to be very conversent with the Windows products in order to
provide end-user support.
3. Given your need to be familiar with Windows desktops, you will have a
definate headstart on the admin of NT/Win2000. So that's a good bet for
your servers. But Linux running Samba provides better stability, and you
seem to be comfortable in that realm. So, unless they are running NLM.
client/server stuff that required Novel, that's the one to dump. If it's
just file/print servers, that's a no-brainer.
4. I'd be inclined to migrate all of the NT/Win2000 stuff to Linux/Samba
that I could, except, again, for stuff that only runs on those platforms,
maybe a FAX server, Exchange, whatever. Get a good book(s) on NT/Win200o
system admin and go for it. (O'Reilly has some decent stuff.)
Good luck,
Tom
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