I'll put my hand up as one such relativelty newbie / enthusiast setting up a home network - redmond on one machine / penguin on 'tother - therefore very interested in this subject.
Lance Blackler >From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: CLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Network integration: was SAMBA installation query >Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:40:36 +1200 (NZST) > >Nick .. a fair number of people have more than one PC at home these days >and a linux gateway is a great use for an older PC. > >I'd also suggest that many of the people attending our meetings are >"enthusiasts" rather than outright "newbies" and are likely to have >multiple machines at home. > >My main reason for suggesting it is that its a useful skill-set to develop >in the linux community, especially when we would like to surruptitiously >edge linux machines into the work-place. > >Parody on redmond workplace .. >Big cheesey-head " we're gonna put in some new file-servers .. spending >all of this year's IT budget on hardware .. sorry about that raise .. >maybe next year..." > >Recently acquired IT flunky "well el cheese .. I think we should consider >using linux on our current hardware - I really believe we can get another >2 years out of this equipment .. Oh and about that raise .. " > >.. some six months later > >Big cheesey-head "well IT flunky .. I haven't seen you for six months .. >that linux stuff sure saved us a bunch of money on the servers .. is there >anywhere else you think we could use this linux stuff?... " > >El Flunky ".. actually el cheese .. you've been using it on your desktop >for the last 2 months - have you noticed how much more stable it is?" > >El cheese ".. I thought something had changed! I haven't had it crash once >.. what did you do? .." > >Flunky "well cheese before I tell you .. about that raise?? .. " > ></parody> > >regards > >former el flunky > >Paul Swafford > >(Manager, E-caf@The Arts Centre) >(Level 2/28 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch, NZ) >(ph/fax +64 3 3656480 www.e-caf.com) _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
