Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 11:00:10 +0800 From: gwzhao@multiwave.com.sg (Gorton Zhao Guo Wei) To: <groggy@iname.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: A couple of questions to FreeBSD Message-ID: <000401bde2b0$74da58b0$dfd378cb@gwzhao.pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980917011856.3291D-100000@abc.xyz.net>
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I thank you and all people who responded my queries over the internet. I actually have the FreeBSD 2.2.6 with me, but I feel that it is hard to change those people's mind who use MS stuffs every day. It is needed to have a set of programs that make it transparent to end-user if use a FreeBSD as a backbone to PC office users. I mean that if use FreeBSD replace MS backoffice, the PC user at the net must be still able to use their favor MS stuffs, such as mail, database. This is the point of business view, not of technique view. Are there any tools that provide link from FreeBSD to MS? I would appreciate any suggestions on this. Again thank you. Regards, Gorton Zhao. > 3 -- I have a Microsoft backoffice small business server. that's too bad. very expensive. and a kludge at that. Can I have a list of FreeBSD software which has the similar functionality to MS Proxy server, MS SQL server, MS fax server and MS Exchange server. I want to compare FreeBSD against MS backoffice small business server. I would like have your opinion of this. that would be a silly thing to do, like comparing apples and oranges. the appropriate thing to compare is your skillset. anyone with the appropriate skills would definitely choose UN*X. MS is only for those that max out their intelligence on setup wizards. > 4 -- Is it possible for FreeBSD to use as a router? yes. but seeing that most of your experience is with MS, you will have a long learning curve ahead before you can fufill your desires. > Thank you. thank you. but don't expect to set it all up within a week or two. you will be able to do it in a day once you know what your doing and have a handy set of config files prepared. it's kind of like a "pay now by learning UN*X, or pay much more later using MS" kind of thing. > With kind regards, > Gorton Zhao To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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