Are you commission mate:-) ? lol Marty
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 7:49 AM Subject: Sweet Success > I just want to relate the happiness I have over the successful > installation of yet another RedHat server for a small business customer > of mine; > > They were in need of a low-cost, dependable server machine to be used as > a file server and a printer server - a machine on which they could load > a high-end architectural/accounting package; originally they were faced > with spending upwards of $6000 (for a MS type box, of course); my total > "drop in" cost for the box ended up being $2200 - loaded with RH9 + > updates, Samba, MySQL, using SENDMAIL/FETCHMAIL/PROCMAIL + SpamAssassin, > F-Prot and ClamAV - as well as being the gateway for an 802.11b 2.4ghz > network in our area. Actual software load and configuration was one > evening here at home - about 2 hours total; drop in on site with client > machine configurations was one day. Done deal. No dramas, no sweat, no > problems. Even had time to show the admin how to use VNC to access the > server desktop; script was setup to backup to CDRW once per week. EZ as > pie. > > Had this have been a Windows box I would have spent three days with it - > for one thing or another - I'm used to that crap, and the monstrous size > of the patches/updates/fixes. > > So, for anyone with any doubts, it's really easy - it's really simple. > Plus, the customer was more than happy to know that they have IMAP/POP > functionality, a proxy (privoxy) and a firewall - without license fees > and BS associated. They even have a nice big round RH sticker on the > front door now...(couldn't say "No" to the admin - was her idea). > > -- > Wed Aug 20 16:35:01 EST 2003 > 16:35:01 up 2 days, 19:01, 1 user, load average: 0.29, 0.16, 0.05 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > | __ __ | illawarra computer services | > | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | > | .\__/ || | | |================================| > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ & RH 9 > Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * > > The Martian landed his saucer in Manhattan, and immediately upon > emerging was approached by a panhandler. "Mister," said the man, "can I > have a quarter?" > The Martian asked, "What's a quarter?" > The panhandler thought a minute, brightened, then said, "You're > right! Can I have a dollar?" > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
