Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:23:58 -0500 From: Mark Lederer <lederer@mac.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Can Freebsd integrate with NT in a large corporation? Message-ID: <B77749EE.3634%lederer@mac.com>
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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3078048238_499829 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Folks, I am an engineer working at BP Amoco in Houston. I have been using Unix fo= r the last 12 years. The engineering community has been challenged by our corporate IT big wigs to come up with innovative ways to reduce our $500M+ IT expenses. I=B9m sure they want to hear things like scrap the Unix workstations and do everything on Wintel. That=B9s another issue, at least while the apps are missing. So my question is: Could a very large corporation like BP convert several thousand NT file, web and print servers from NT to Freebsd to save money. The savings being not having to license N= T and increased uptime(?). Possibly OS support is cheaper or near zero. I=B9m sure BP would still want NT for Exchange (email) and login authentication. MY QUESTION IS: Can Freebsd severs use NT authentication methods or would that be a problem. Remember, 50,000+ users have Wintel on the desktop. Crazy idea or not? Have other very large corporations ever done this or currently do this? Mark Lederer Sugar Land, TX, USA Email: lederer@mac.com --B_3078048238_499829 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Can Freebsd integrate with NT in a large corporation?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Folks,<BR> <BR> I am an engineer working at BP Amoco in Houston. I have been using Un= ix for the last 12 years. The engineering community has been challenge= d by our corporate IT big wigs to come up with innovative ways to reduce our= $500M+ IT expenses. I’m sure they want to hear things like scra= p the Unix workstations and do everything on Wintel. That’s anot= her issue, at least while the apps are missing. So my question is: Cou= ld a very large corporation like BP convert several thousand NT file, web an= d print servers from NT to Freebsd to save money. The savings being not havi= ng to license NT and increased uptime(?). Possibly OS support is cheap= er or near zero. I’m sure BP would still want NT for Exchange (e= mail) and login authentication. <BR> <BR> MY QUESTION IS: Can Freebsd severs use NT authentication methods or w= ould that be a problem. Remember, 50,000+ users have Wintel on the des= ktop.<BR> <BR> Crazy idea or not? Have other very large corporations ever done= this or currently do this?<BR> <BR> Mark Lederer<BR> Sugar Land, TX, USA<BR> Email: <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF"><U>lederer@mac.com<BR> </U></FONT><BR> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML> --B_3078048238_499829-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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