From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 12:52:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1835016A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:52:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from bmserv.co.berkeley.sc.us (mail.co.berkeley.sc.us [204.116.72.107]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C502943D2D for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:52:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ROGrady@co.berkeley.sc.us) Received: from INETDOM-MTA by bmserv.co.berkeley.sc.us with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:50:09 -0500 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.2 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:49:30 -0500 From: "Roy O'Grady" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:52:42 -0000 At the risk of getting told to take this question elsewhere.... I am a network manager for a small government. Right now, we are using Novell NetWare for our networking needs, but we are getting ready to try an open-source solution. The costs of software acquisition and maintenance has gotten high, and I am hoping that a migration to something open-source will help us stop the money-bleed. How many of you have migrated from something closed-source and proprietary to something like FreeBSD or linux? What problems did you run into? How did users react to the change? I guess most importantly, was it cost effective? Thank you in advance for your opinions and time, and if this question is inappropriate for this list, please accept my apologies.