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Getting Linux onto the Corporate Network
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| Wed Mar 07, 2001 | 5:28A| PermaLink |
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"When a problem crops up and no solution is offered, one tactic -- though dangerous if your boss doesn't like unauthorized servers -- is to go ahead and use Linux to solve it. Recently, I started preliminary work on the project of "upgrading" all our old Windows boxes (200-odd machines running 3.1 and various Win9x flavors) to Windows 2000. As an intellectual exercise, I asked myself, "Could we dump Windows altogether and move straight over to Linux?" which led to another question: "How does one introduce Linux into a Microsoft-dominated network?" Regarding the first question, the answer I came up with is that it could be done -- but it wouldn't be easy or worthwhile..."
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FULL STORY @
OSOPINION
(http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/7971.html)
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