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>From: "Michael Bush" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"    <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #5033 LINUX Question
>Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:27:55 -0600
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> I believe that I can linux to emulate an NT box with SAMBA.

*pensive gaze off into the distance* Why you would have would be a
Unix-lookalike looking like NT..... Hmmmmmmm

I have two servers in my office on campus, one running NT and one running
Unix, as well as a server at home running NT. Each of the two systems has
its advantages, but for ease of use, NT definitely wins the prize when
sharing files across systems. Since the UNIX box has NFS as a standard, in
1995 I installed an NFS client on a Windows 95 machine. I was less than
pleased with the results. When I upgraded to Windows 98 I no longer even try
to share files from the UNIX box. I just put everything I need to share on
the NT unit.

No doubt that Linux is an exciting development, but I see it as a
challenging environment, given that it is basically Unix. Also the fact is,
you will need various pieces from various organizations, something that
will complicate things even further. I spent an incredible number of hours
getting my Web site running on Unix and that just meant getting hold of the
httpd daemon and installing it. That was in 1995. Maybe things are easier
now. On NT all I had to do was select Web server as an installation option
from the NT. It basically installed itself. Again, that was in the last
year, not in 1995.

The biggest problem with NT (something I have heard and that was just
confirmed to me yesterday in a conversation with the head of our University
Computing Services) is its scalability into very large implementations. I
have never heard of anyone complain of administration problems with NT for
small to mediium size LANs.

Cheers,

Mike
Michael Bush
Associate Professor of French and
Instructional Psychology and Technology
http://moliere.byu.edu/digital/