On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 09:32:49 -0800, Bill Winegarden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>       I have the opportunity to deliver a presentation (probably StarOffice 
> presentation method) on the linux operating system. What I would like from 
> the list is some information on linux facts .......more to point, some 
> instances of successful implementation in industry and institutions such as 
> small to medium community colleges. Cost benefits, installation and training 
> issues shouldn't be missed. 
> 
> Now that I have my laptop fully functional I will be using Mandrake to 
> showcase Mandrake.
> 
> If anyone has done a similar presentation and has some tips, I'm all ears.
> 
> Please note, I'll be delivering to a group that is referred to as a 
> Technology Advisory Committee that has been thoroughly indoctrinated in MS.
> 
> Presentation length is approximately 20 minutes.
> 
> I have no problem putting together the presentation, I just need the backup 
> facts.
> 
> Thanks for this and all previous that got me this far,
> 
> Bill W.

One URL: http://www.mandrakebizcases.com/

 
> ps...is it true that MS uses linux to run its msn mail server?

They use FreeBSD. They tried switching to Windows NT when they bought it, but
they found it couldn't handle the load. Last year they claimed that they had
switched everything to Win2K, but were forced later to publically admit that
they are using BSD.

Some important chunks of Win 2K and XP are simply BSD code, like the TCP/IP
stack. Even then, network performance is bad in Win2K, and worse in WinXP.

-- 
Sridhar Dhanapalan

"When I see any Web site claim to be only readable using particular hardware or
software, I cringe--they are pining for the bad old days when each piece of
information needed a different program to access it." -- Tim Berners-Lee,
founder of the World Wide Web

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