>When I can lock down Windows machines with central policies like I can >with AD, then I'll be impressed.
Did you mean if you could lock down a linux machine? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:52 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Open Source Heretic I don't know. There's still a lot of things that closed source stuff can do that open source can't. And, to a small extent, there are some really good open-source products that totally kick most closed source apps. Most of the small firewall distributions kick ass. I'd rather deploy m0n0wall than put in a small PIX or Sonicwall. When I can lock down Windows machines with central policies like I can with AD, then I'll be impressed. Mesdaq, Ali wrote: > I think that all depends on the company and the knowledge of the IT > staff. If the IT staff understands business requirements and > productivity issues then they can build solutions that make people more > productive thus bringing or saving more money in the long run. MS > products give the ability to be extremely collaborative but you just > have to know what you're doing. You can probably achieve the same from > open source but you have to know what you're doing to a much higher > degree.
