RE: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare?

2000-11-01 Thread Bill Carlson
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Dan Harrington wrote: > my _personal_ view of novell netware is that it is a simply RIDICULOUS > solution. > It is so pathetic. > Drop it like a hot potato. > Just to ride the other side of the fence, Netware is great at what it is meant for: file and print sharing. Simple t

Re: Linux vs NetWare

2000-10-31 Thread Alan Wilson
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Horth > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 1:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare? > >

RE: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare?

2000-10-31 Thread GNagy
000 1:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare? Hiya - pretty long posting for which I hope I won't get too flamed - but I'm about to embark on a new employment venture and I need some advice from all sides of the fence... please have a read if

RE: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare?

2000-10-31 Thread Dan Harrington
] Subject: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare? Hiya - pretty long posting for which I hope I won't get too flamed - but I'm about to embark on a new employment venture and I need some advice from all sides of the fence... please have a read if you've got 5 minutes or so and are fee

Re: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare?

2000-10-31 Thread tcurl
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 d

Re: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare?

2000-10-31 Thread Alan Mead
At 02:40 AM 10/31/00 , you wrote: >1) Is NetWare a reasonable beast to administer, they have the license already, >the setup is pretty stable (after 10 months of screwups & problems!) > and I'm >thinking that there is no point going in there and changing > everything. Will >I be able

RE: Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare?

2000-10-31 Thread Warren Melnick
27;Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?' " -Mike Godwin Plan: > cd /pub > more beer -Original Message- From: Dan Horth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 3:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kind of OT: (

Kind of OT: (Redhat) Linux vs NetWare?

2000-10-31 Thread Dan Horth
Hiya - pretty long posting for which I hope I won't get too flamed - but I'm about to embark on a new employment venture and I need some advice from all sides of the fence... please have a read if you've got 5 minutes or so and are feeling charitable, curious or bored! :) I've been a Linux sys