I remember seeing something a while back about using SAMBA as your DC. While I haven't played with it ...the concept seems pretty neat.
The last shop I worked for, we had Windows XP, Windows 2000/2003, Linux, OSX, and HP UNIX / Tru64. Definitely an eclectic mix. I'd always harass my OSX users, they'd taunt me about being a Microsoft guy (and a linux guru)..... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David McDowell Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:27 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] TCO - Linux, UNIX, and MS We are a mixed environment and find benefit from running Microsoft AD for single sign-on, Exchange and for some 3rd party software packages which require Microsoft AD for user/group sync and MSSQL for their database. However, we also leverage Linux for web services, SMB PDF, systems monitoring and a variety of other small tools. I find a mixed environment gives you the best of all worlds. It all depends on what your needs are vs. what you are willing to sacrifice. I believe if you are 100% Microsoft or 100% Linux, you "may" be missing out on a feature/application which you could find beneficial to your organization. One example of such is here, if we were 100% Microsoft, I'd have to use IIS (yikes) and I'd lose the benefit of Apache on Linux. What was I able to do? Integrate!!: http://www.turnpike420.net/linux/Apache_PHP_FreeTDS_MSSQL2000.txt If I was a 100% Linux shop, I wouldn't have a tool such as Exchange (which our organization feels is beneficial) or other tools such as Adobe InDesign or Photoshop. But oh, I can have those on OSX... yes, but not if I'm a 100% Linux shop. :) It's a give and take and with a little knowledge (ok, probably a lot) integration CAN work and you get the best of both worlds. yeah! David McD On 8/1/06, Jason White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone care to share any insight or reference material on questions > that management is asking? We are a mixed shop with a lot of MS > servers, a growing list of Linux servers, and a declining list of UNIX > (migrating to Linux) servers. > > - TCO for Linux vs UNIX vs Microsoft from a server perspective? > - Forrester/Gartners perspective on Linux, UNIX & Microsoft? > - Financial Industry's perspective of LINUX, UNIX & Microsoft? > > Thanks for any ammunition you can provide... > > Jason > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member > Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
