[WEB4LIB] Re: Thanx and Linux

[Vladislav S. Davidzon]

Howdy,

Using remotely possible or another product you can do maintenance to an NT
server from home. Although it would be nice if MS built it into their
software =|

I will disagree with anyone who says that NT _OR_ linux are better for
everything.  Linux is a great web / ftp / telnet server.  NT is better for
end-user applications.  I've had a hell of a time every time with IIS.
Yes it works, but I would much rather tinker with the the conf files for
an apache unix server and see where a process is going than to have
absolutely no clue about certain things. But I bet you I would have just
as hellish of a time trying to get a librarian to learn Linux... Linux
workstations, at this point, are just absolutely useless in a public
library environment.  I have a fun enough time as it is trying to teach
staff how to use FrontPage or even Outlook, to have to show them how to
use fsck or edit /etc/ files ;p

If you have a competent enough administrator, a combination of Linux and
NT is the best.  NT offers unprecedented user interface for your
end-users, and Linux offers great stability for server applications.

Regards,


Slava Davidzon

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On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Mike Tibor wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 Jeff Papier wrote:
>
> > Now an informal survey:  don't want to start the next holy war here,
> > but...I'm a Linux user at home.  Our library uses NT 4.0 Server,
> with > glances towards the impending 5.0.  How many libraries out
> there are > using Linux, or some other Unix flavor, to network their
> PC's, provide > Internet connectivity, firewalls, etc?  Who's using
> Unix plus NT?  How > about NT alone?
>
> We use Linux for web, dns, ftp, email lists and proxy services right
> now, and I'm extremely happy with it.  We're using Netware 4.11 for
> file and print services, but if/when the need arises to migrate away
> from that I'll recommend we move to Linux.
>
> > A glance at the newsgroups will tell you that humans at large have >
> _very_ strong feelings about which OS will prevail, if any.  Do >
> members of this esteemed list have such feelings?  Preferences?
> I think people need to look at their NOS requirements from a
> needs/cost perspective more than anything else.  "Standardization" is
> overrated as a reason for going with one NOS over another--the most
> difficult network I've ever had to administer was a 5 server NT
> network.
>
> I've got slightly over 5 years of NT server experience on both Intel and
> DEC Alpha architectures, and after working with Linux I will never go
> back to NT, given a choice.  The deplorable support from Microsoft
> coupled with NT's instability, insatiable hardware requirements, and
> difficulty of administration shaped my opinion of it.
>
> I can't put into words the joy I feel at being able to make any change
> to the server I want to from home (except swap out hardware obviously)
> when it's below zero and whiteout conditions outside. :-)> Mike
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