Here is some feedback from a person very knowledgable in Novell, and other
areas of computerdom (I took several work-related courses from her)...
Gene
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From:
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To: Gene Holmerud <
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: CentOS to Replace Novell ... maybe ... ???
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 13:37:24 -0400
> I was looking at the CentOS page - and I agree with this person's
> commnets.
> Novell has gone all Linux and purchased Suse or server and Ximian
> desktop.
> Open Enterprise server is the way for this account if they have been
> ingrained in their NDS and other services rahter than erdo that and to
> stay in the Novell support chain.
> see this link:
> http://www.novell.com/products/openenterpriseserver/features.html
>
>
>
>>
>> From: Gene Holmerud <geneous@cox.net>
>> Date: 2005/05/06 Fri PM 07:29:28 EDT
>> To: "jeanmckay@cox.net" <jeanmckay@cox.net>
>> Subject: Fwd: Re: CentOS to Replace Novell ... maybe ... ???
>>
>> Some feedback...
>>
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>> From: Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu
>> To: PLUG <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>> Subject: Re: CentOS to Replace Novell ... maybe ... ???
>> Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 12:39:00 -0700 (MST)
>>
>> > If he is curently Novel, then he should go Novel Linux (SuSE) they
>> have a
>> > great number of tools for migrating the servers and the MS desktops.
>> > For the
>> > most part on flavor of linux is almost as good for general use as any
>> > other
>> > flavor (Desktop and Server diffrances exculded) but with SuSE his
>> > migration
>> > will be much easyer then with RedHat just becuse he is coming from a
>> > Novell
>> > enviroment and going to a Novell enviroment and Novell wants to make
>> it
>> > easy
>> > :)
>> >
>> > On Fri, 6 May 2005, George wrote:
>> >
>> >> A friend has a small company with Novell network.
>> >>
>> >> It has served very well for many years.
>> >>
>> >> He is having troubles finding someone to support Novell and wants to
>> >> move to
>> >> something else.
>> >>
>> >> His work stations are basically MS (98, 2K, XP).
>> >>
>> >> MS people are telling him to go MS.
>> >>
>> >> I am telling him to go Linux and am leaning to CentOS. He is
>> willing.
>> >>
>> >> I want to be absolutely certain (if there is such a thing) that
>> CentOS
>> >> Linux
>> >> will not be a mistake.
>> >>
>> >> Any negative war stories about CentOS serving an MS workstation
>> world?
>> >>
>> >> What about Raid?
>> >>
>> >> We are probably going to build the box and want quality components.
>> Any
>> >> recommendations on the best (if there is such a thing) Mobo?
>> >>
>> >> I feel comfortable with power supplies and memory. Any other
>> >> components of
>> >> a critical (quality wise) nature?
>> >>
>> >> It's a small co, less than 10 workstations in the foreseeable future.
>> >>
>> >> Therefore what would be a good minimum for:
>> >>
>> >> CPU speed?
>> >>
>> >> Memory size and speed?
>> >>
>> >> Other?
>> >>
>> >> Thnx,
>> >>
>> >> George
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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