From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 24 12:16:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF9A9106566B for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:16:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C858E8FC12 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:16:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 21465 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2008 07:16:48 -0500 Received: from 124-170-13-99.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.13.99) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 24 Mar 2008 07:16:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:16:42 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: User Questions Message-ID: <20080324231642.307812fc@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <31594.203.127.42.92.1206008195.squirrel@www.superhero.nl> References: <000001c88a5c$82d01b40$887051c0$@com> <59945.203.127.42.92.1205999937.squirrel@www.superhero.nl> <47E21DD1.9000806@skoberne.net> <9136.203.127.42.92.1206002915.squirrel@www.superhero.nl> <47E2336A.5050207@skoberne.net> <31594.203.127.42.92.1206008195.squirrel@www.superhero.nl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:16:49 -0000 On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:16:35 +0800 (HKT) "Gelsema, P \(Patrick\)" wrote: > I do agree that microsoft has the benefit of everything together where you > will have to install port and port and package to end up with the same > result. the problem is that you get 'everything together' for all values of 'everything' that the MS teams in Redmond came up with. If you need something slightly different, you either change your requirements, add other software (MS upgrade , MS-other-product or added value tool from 3rd party) for $$ or have to contract to a MS solution provider for a fix. I've been working with OSS for over 13 years and I still haven't come across something that I couldn't put together with OSS...maybe I am not original enough..who knows. Windows AD , policies,etc are being handled, AFAIK, by current versions of Samba.I think they are even looking into implementing WMI. And dont forget WINE as well :) Nevertheless, you should use whichever tool best solves your problem. It may be MS, no worries. It may be open source, great. It may be FreeBSD, even better :) B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Albert Einstein I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.