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Date:      Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:29:09 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Jonathon Doran <doranj@Colorado.EDU>
To:        james.brian.chandler@ccmail.census.gov
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Win apps
Message-ID:  <199907072029.OAA00438@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <9907079313.AA931369400@smtp-gw1.census.gov> from "james.brian.chandler@ccmail.census.gov" at Jul 7, 99 01:36:20 pm

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> I have a question about the use of BSD.  I am wanting to set up a network
> server.  I have several applications that run currently on WinNT.  My question
> is can I set up BSD as an application server and eliminate my NT server or do I
> still have to keep it going.  For example could an application written in VB6 be
> stored and run from a BSD box.

Yes, I do something similar myself.  You can use Samba to export a FreeBSD
filesystem to Windows clients.  The clients can then run programs stored
on the FreeBSD machine.  Note that you'll need to have the appropriate DLLs
installed on the clients (vbrunxxx for example).

Jon Doran


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