THE LOGIC:
First of all, I'm an engineer.
I don't believe I am an extremist.
I believe in using the right tools for the job.
As admins, our platforms are the OS, the real tools are the
applications. These are here to serve the users so that
these people can allow the company to make money to stock
holders will get a profit from their investments.
If you require Pagemaker, Coreldraw for DTP, WinFax,
Scanners, you'd have to go windows (or mac).
If windows is the only OS you know, then you should use
windows. If you have lots of time, use windows.
For all in one servers, Linux just cannot be beat. One
install and it's all conveniently there. No license fees.
OfficeSuite apps is complete so now you have a choice.
In the next e-mails. I'll explain how it's done.
------- Original Copy -------
>Subject: [plug] Re: Going All Linux (was: m$oft security
issues)
>Date: 05/25/2000 4:11 PM
>From: Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group Mailing List"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Hi there everybody!
>
>This is a slightly censored (hehe) copy of my e-mail that I
originally
>sent to Edwin Casimero privately. He requested me to post
this in PLUG to
>hopefully have a richer discussion. Plus of course so we
can have the
>information "open source". :-)
>
>----- Forwarded Message -----
>Hi there Edwin,
>
>First I'd like you to know that like you, I'm an
"extremist". Gusto ko
>purong Linux. Actually, hindi rin. Okay lang sa akin kung
hindi lahat
>Linux, basta walang Micro$oft Winblows. Unfortunately
unlike you, I've
>only got two Linux boxes in a network of 10 PCs. Yung isa
pa dun sa dalawa
>eh dual-booting Windows95. I was hoping you could give me
some tips to
>help me out para ma-wipeout ko yung mga Windows boxes dito.
>
>On Tue, 23 May 2000 at 22:08, Edwin Linux Fan wrote:
>>we're migrating all our apps to be web based. That way,
it really
>>doesn't matter what platform we're using.
>
>So far the only software I've been able to migrate to the
web was our
>e-mail. Instead of having Eudora or something like that on
each computer
>(and having security problems and shit like that) I'm using
Apache + PHP3
>+ IMP (yeah I know, I have to go PHP4 soon). Would you have
any other
>recommended web-apps? Do you develop your own, or like me
do you rely on
>the open source community for help? :-)
>
>>Installation... 15 mins (redhat 6.2)
>>Administration... I only admin the application server,
>> the rest are x-terminals.
>
>I need some tips as far as this is concerned. Perhaps what
I need is a
>nitty-gritty-example type of kuwento from you. I don't know
how you've
>configured your X-Terminal <-> Application Server setup.
What are the
>specs of your servers? Terminals? What packages have you
installed in your
>X-Terminals? Servers? How do you handle logins? Are you
using NIS/YP?
>Pasensya na kung abstract ang mga tanong ko. Hope you'll
have time to
>elaborate on your setup. I'm planning to install RedHat 6.2
on some other
>computers here dual-booting Win95 temporarily. Hopefully I
can get things
>working so that we can move most away from Win95 and into
Linux.
>
>(Note to everyone: considering speed, congestion of the
Network, bogging
>down of the application server AND ease of administration,
what setup
>could be recommended versus an Application Server <->
X-Terminal pairing?)
>
>>Applications... StarOffice, Acrobat, Applixware, Netscape
>
>Nga pala, would you by any chance have a shared printer
that you're
>printing to? We only have one LaserJet 5L here, connected
to our Linux
>server. Now print sharing is done via Samba because the
network is
>primarily Win95, however if we move to Linux, I will HAVE
to enable
>printing. Any tips? :-)
>
>>Scanning... MS still better, but I can now scan in Linux!
>> Just did it with my Scanmaker X6EL and
Mandrake 7.0
>
>Way cool! What software are you using? :)
>
>>I never slept soundly with all MS.
>
>I feel this way with our file server. Definitely! NT used
to be a f*cking
>pain in the neck. Hahaha!!! :-)
>
>(Note to everyone: flames "praising" NT to /dev/null
please. I know that I
>should have used better hardware, but then I'm using a
similar setup for
>my file server now, using Linux and it's running MUCH
better)
>
>>FEATURES? Geez, what features am I missing w/ Windoze?
Blue screen of
>>death? Themes? (Mandrake has lots more!) Crawling?
Scandisk? Viruses?
>>Is that a feature too?
>
>I don't agree with Fooler's statement that Linux is trying
to catch up
>with the features of WIndows. As a matter of fact,
considering we're in an
>office environment, to HELL with all these bells and
whistles. It's time
>to treat computers like tools and not like toys. They're
toys at home,
>here in the office everything and everyone is a tool. (Wow,
scary,
>hahaha!) :-)
>
>>I've got one little fax machine that does NT and Winfax.
>
>I've opted to go HylaFax for incoming faxes. Unfortunately
just like any
>other computer fax software, nagkakaroon ng
misinterpretation (high
>sensitivity) sa transmission errors so paulit-ulit
pinapadala. Sabi namin
>traditional fax na lang sa outgoing. So far that's how it's
been so we
>don't need WinFax. Just my 2 cents worth. If you insist,
though, you can
>set up HylaFax for outgoing, too. I tried it nga before,
may Winblows
>printer driver pa. :-)
>
>Apologies for the long e-mail. I hope you can find time to
help me out.
>You've got my word that I'll do the same for you if and
when I can in the
>future. Thanks! :-)
>
>---
>Federico Sevilla III
>Network Administrator
>
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