On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Greg Kettmann wrote:
> First, just a gripe (to vent). Man MediaOne/AT&T Broadband is bad.
> Their DNS server always slow
So setup your machine to do DNS, it's fairly easy. That way no matter what
silly things they do (with DNS), it won't effect you.
>and their mail servers are often down.
Again, setup your own. If you get your IP through DHCP, just setup
yourself up with one of the dynamic DNS providers. It's pretty cheap.
> I've run larger networks and can honestly say that if we provided
> equivalent service we'd have been fired. Hey, maybe we need to go in
> there and pitch Linux and offer some real technicians. (OK, I'm done,
> Thx I feel better now ;-) ).
>
> Question 1 - I've a friend trying to dual boot Linux (multiple flavors)
> and M$ NT Server. He can't get this going. Are others doing this?
> That is, is it possible? I've done a lot of dual boot with Windows
> 95/98 but wanted to verify that Windows NT Server was doable. Thanks.
Yes, it's doable. Now if I remember correctly it was easier to do NT
first, then Linux.....Linux is smart enough to see NT and add it to
LILO. NT will just overwrite the boot sector.
> Question 2 - This is more a request for information. I've several high
> level customers who need statistics on Linux. We (us here and the Linux
> community in general) have done a good job of making Linux a viable
> alternative. We've got their attention. But now I need the next
> level. All that upper level managment junk like ROI (Return on
> Investment), TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), MTBF (Mean Time Between
> Failure), etc. I've read every article on the subject but am having
> trouble finding hard numbers, particularly on MTBF or reliability. My
> favorite source of good articles is OSOPINION. Does anyone have any
> suggestions on where I might get more information?
yikes, no idea.
--rdp
> Thanks again. GGK
>
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