Bah, my boss at ASU didn't care that I used linux for my desktop as long as I could respond to email from the exchange server (used a web interface) and get my work done. Then again, I'm a student admin for 2 suns, 1 x86 linux, 2 W2k, and 1 NT (and about 20 W2kPro laptops). Oh and since the Exchange server is misconfigured, it would be useful if, before you send your mail, right-click on the email address, select send options and send in plain text that way. HTML mail is bloated, yet for some reason the exchange server defaults to it. > > For a job like this, you definitely need to get rid of the > > Linux box and > > move directly to a maxed out Sun E10K with Oracle. Should > > only run you > > about $1.2 million > I think my boss might notice the change on my desktop! Right now my Linux box > has an inconspicuous screen saver and I always SSH to it from the other > (Win2K) computer in my cube... Never have to look like I stop working. ;^) > > No, but really... MySQL is fairly easy to install. If you use RPM it > > is typically ready to go immediately. O'Reilly has a couple of good > > books out that cover MySQL. Their SQL in a Nutshell is also > > pretty good > > as far as SQL books go. > > I've apt-getted my way to MySQL happiness. So far, so good. I've had really > good luck with O'Reilly in the past. I guess I'm on my way to the bookstore > tomorrow.