Somu:
For some weird reason you email is getting a date tag of 1/1/99. If i take this date tag to be correct then the question you have posed is archiac.
Siddhartha has already replied with some pretty powerful rejoinders to your million Dollar Question. However i would suggest a few more things:
1. Assess the needs of your client seriously. If they require Enterprise wise solutions think of going with the enterprise version of any linux Distro.
2. Have you assessed the "learning curve" for the financial institution (FI) and its clients? Linux is fast, pretty, sexy but ... Would your FI be willing to spend the time in learning linux, maintaining it and trying to solve the headache of getting various data from various suppliers on MS softwares?
3. As regards distros - i would always suggest that evaluate each distro and choose the one that your IT people think would be the best to maintain. Mandrake, SuSE, Redhat, Gentoo... all are equally good at doing the task. But each follow different philosophy - If you are planning to offer KDE - easier integration is with SuSE, Gnome works best with RH & Mandrake... Your choice not ours.
Dont forget that the FI will be sinking a lot of money and resources in building up this infrastructure. Which, i am sure that they will like to maintain for a few years. It is not like us - we (individuals) have the luxury of switching distros at will but your FI will not have the same pleasure... So think carefully, evaluate and then go ahead.
Personally i recommend RH or Mandrake followed by SuSE
RVK
somu wrote:
hello buddies!!
A million $question? Rehat or Suse (for server side as well as client side)? Looking forward to your suggestion and thank you all in advance
somu
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