On Saturday 17 February 2007 10:20, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > Dear Linux people, > > First, I want to apologize if any of you were offended or harassed by > the messages I sent to this list about 3 months ago. I didn't mean to > offend anybody. > > I want to ask you something about Linux servers. My father thinks > about installing a new server in his company, which will be used both > as a mail server, a server for file sharing, and a server for > Microsoft Access. The Access program will be executed by a few users > simultaneously. Currently there is a Microsoft server which runs the > Access program, and it works well. But it's an old server.
I am trying to understand the thing about the access. As i know access, it is just a program that runs on your workstation and opens a file on a drive/network. If that is the case, then you can put the file on a samba share and there would be no difference. The other possibility i know is that the access file contains references to a microsoft sql server. This complicates matters because you will need someone with knowledge to port the tables to something like postgresql/mysql depending the application. If there is some kind of access server i did not know about then cancel all of the above and just install windows. If not, then linux is the cheaper to buy/ cheaper to get support (nil, just ask here). Mail server can be replaced. especially if you do not share calendars. If you do share, there might be a need to do a porting work. File sharing i would not even talk about because it is the most easy thing here. > > My father asked an expert from a company we work with, and the expert > recommended to use a Microsoft server (Windows 2003). I would like to > know if you think that a Linux server is better. I would recommend windows 2003 too, especially if i'll be at the receiving end of the TCO ;). > > Best Regards, > Uri Even-Chen > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Tzahi. -- Tzahi Fadida Blog: http://tzahi.blogsite.org | Home Site: http://tzahi.webhop.info WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
