We used to run Netscape servers, and they all sucked hard.... QMail kicks
Netscape Mail's butt.
Of course the Netscape servers were running on SGIs and QMail is running on
Linux.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick" ">tewkewl@mindspring.com>
To: "Wandered Inn" ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>; ">ale@ale.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Interested in Linux?
> dude, as much as I love Linux and everything it stands for.... if you have
> the bucks, Sun and Netscape HAUL major ass.....
>
> -Patrick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wandered Inn ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>
> To: ">ale@ale.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Interested in Linux?
>
>
> > Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > >
> > > Interesting, isn't it? For the people on this list, Linux is pretty
> much a
> > > part of everyday life, but for the vast majority of businesses, I feel
> safe
> > > saying it just doesn't exist.
> >
> > You're right, but all you've got to do is train them. :)
> >
> > I joined my current organization a little over 3 years ago. Once I got
> > my hardware, I used partition magic to give me some Linux space and
> > installed a dual boot of Red Hat. I didn't tell them initially, but
> > from that point on, I continued to share my views of Linux and NT (the
> > corporate standard). As the lead developer on a small web team, I was
> > in the position to make decisions regarding future software (NT server
> > was already in place on the web server before I took the assignment).
> > So, rather than opt for M$ IIS, I went with Netscape Fastrack. Later
> > moved to Netscape Enterprise. Use Perl for cgi. Uwin for decent shell
> > tools on my NT box.
> >
> > Three years later, I just received my upgrade hardware. They're
> > learning. It came with NT preinstalled on a 1.5 gig partition, leaving
> > me with 8.5 gig to install Linux. Before ordering the hardware, the
> > tech called me to make sure that the hardware I got would work with
> > Linux. I was able to choose from a couple of different laptop setups
> > and video cards. Small steps for a large corporation, but it happens.
> >
> > I've recently added an Oracle admin/developer to the team and we will be
> > needing to add additional webservers. Between my new team member and
> > myself, we've convinced them to go with a Unix server. OS has not been
> > selected yet. I'm working hard to cover all the angles. It may not end
> > up being Linux, but it certainly won't be NT.
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com
> >
> > I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
> > Y2K...
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