:) Again, I was hired as an Accountant, not for IT work. I replaced the last consulting company these guys had because I actually new more (I once was IT and have the expired cert’s to prove it) and I was always on site... Again, because I am on of their accountants. However you cross platform support puts you high on my recommendation list if and when I do go looking for better opportunities. However, if they keep treating my like they do, I may not be looking any time soon. This is a very nice company and they are very friendly people. That and we are growing well, so compensation is good. Quoting George Toft : > Hi Bryan, > > If they are looking for a company to replace you, please let me know. > If you need to find a replacement before you move on, please let me > know. This is exactly what our company does - small business IT support > > on a fractional resource basis (not full time, but we can provide that > > as well). We support Windows 2000/2003/XP, Linux (RH, Debian, SuSE) and > > Solaris. > > Cheers, > > George Toft, CISSP, MSIS > AGD,LLC > www.agdllc.com > 623-203-1760 > > When was the last time you backed up your business data? > Excellent! When did you verify that your backups actually worked? > > > > > > Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote: > > Thank you, it is that kind of testimonial that is making me lean > towards Red > > Hat. And since I am making them purchase a support package, it should > be even > > easier. And before people push Cent OS (which I have used and > enjoyed) let me say, > > 1) I am the only Linux knowledgeable person in the company, > > 2) I am currently their only IT staff, > > 3) I have my degree in, and was hired for, Accounting… not IT/IS. > > > > This place is grate to work for but if I were to be hit by a bus one > day, I > > would like to know they could call some one to walk them trough any > problems > > they may have. > > > > > > Quoting George Toft : > > > > > >>*** PERSONAL OPINION FOLLOWS *** > >> > >>I had a SuSE file server serving up a Windows workgroup. One night, > the > >> > >>SuSE updater thing (fou4s) updated samba from version 3 to version 4. > > >>The new config file was not configured so it did not work. Dead > >>fileserver :( > >> > >>It took less time for me to set up samba using the "old" config on a > > >>RHEL3 box on the same network than I figured it would be to learn the > > >>new config file, test, validate, etc. > >> > >>so...... > >> > >>IMO, I would avoid SuSE. After Novell bought it, the quality took a > > >>quantum drop (maybe multiple quantum drops). I found it hung > frequently > >> > >>(SuSE Enterprise Server 9 and SuSE Workstation 9.1). I am not > >>impressed. For those of you that know me, know that I pushed SuSE > for > >> > >>years. Plenty of distro flame wars in the archives show that I > >>supported SuSE. All things change. > >> > >>Red Hat, on the other hand, is a pleasure to deal with. > LSB-compliant, > >> > >>well documented, stable. I am in charge of over 120 Red Hat > Enterprise > >> > >>Linux servers for one of my clients, and I have only seen one > >>vendor-related problem. RHEL 4 has at least two improvements that I > > >>submitted, which demonstrates their commitment to improving the > >>product. > >> > >>Biggest point to consider is that Red Hat won't change the versions > of > >> > >>the packages you are using. Any security issues that arise are > >>back-ported to the supported releases, but you won't see the problem > I > >> > >>had with SuSE described above. > >> > >>George Toft, CISSP, MSIS > >>AGD,LLC > >>www.agdllc.com > >>623-203-1760 > >> > >>When was the last time you backed up your business data? > >>Excellent! When did you verify that your backups actually worked? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote: > >> > >>>Ok, I am about to add a file server into our Microsoft domain (I > hope) > >> > >> I have > >> > >>>looked at all the read me's and it seems that samba 4 should handle > >> > >>the > >> > >>>Microsoft permissions no problem. I am looking at either SuSE 9 > >> > >>Enterprise or > >> > >>>Red Hat Enterprise. Any thought, recommendations, experiences, or > >> > >>warnings? > >> > >>>It's for my work so I am quite nervous. I real would hat to have > them > >> > >>drop $3K > >> > >>>just to tell them “Opps! You have to drop another $8K to make it > work > >> > >>because > >> > >>>were going Microsoft.” > >>> > >>>1) Has anyone ever done this before? > >>>2) What can you tell me about doing it? > >>>3) If I were to choose SuSE vs. Red Hat as an file server that is > >> > >>integrated > >> > >>>into a MS Active Directory, which would you recommend and why? > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------- > >>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >>> > >>> > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------- > >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss