On 7/13/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If that doesn't involve the server (it likely does not), then you have > the choice of Windows, Linux, Mac, BSDs, OpenSolaris or just about > anything as their servers.
Yeah, only the databases will be centralized on the server. On the desktops they're using XP, Excel and Word, but the majority of people can easily move to OpenOffice. Perhaps some guys will have to stay with MS Office for one reason or another. > > Will they need a mail server in-house or are they using their ISPs? > They're using their ISP for e-mail. They need to have some sort of a VPN for easy access to technical data from different project sites. > I'm a fan of RedHat as the primary distro I've chosen to specialize > in, though I have a couple others here. I use Fedora on the desktops > for the flexibility of the latest stuff, CentOS on the servers and Dell Brazil offers Red Hat as a pre-installed option, but I think I'll step up (for the time being) and learn Ubuntu or Fedora... Last time I used Linux somewhat seriously was in 2000! Thanks all for the advise! Helio _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
