Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 13:23:58 -0500 From: Mark Lederer <lederer@mac.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Can Freebsd integrate with NT in a large corporation? Message-ID: <B77749EE.3634%lederer@mac.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Folks, I am an engineer working at BP Amoco in Houston. I have been using Unix for the last 12 years. The engineering community has been challenged by our corporate IT big wigs to come up with innovative ways to reduce our $500M+ IT expenses. Iım sure they want to hear things like scrap the Unix workstations and do everything on Wintel. Thatıs another issue, at least while the apps are missing. So my question is: Could a very large corporation like BP convert several thousand NT file, web and print servers from NT to Freebsd to save money. The savings being not having to license NT and increased uptime(?). Possibly OS support is cheaper or near zero. Iım sure BP would still want NT for Exchange (email) and login authentication. MY QUESTION IS: Can Freebsd severs use NT authentication methods or would that be a problem. Remember, 50,000+ users have Wintel on the desktop. Crazy idea or not? Have other very large corporations ever done this or currently do this? Mark Lederer Sugar Land, TX, USA Email: lederer@mac.com [-- Attachment #2 --] <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Can Freebsd integrate with NT in a large corporation?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FONT FACE="Verdana">Folks,<BR> <BR> I am an engineer working at BP Amoco in Houston. I have been using Unix for the last 12 years. The engineering community has been challenged by our corporate IT big wigs to come up with innovative ways to reduce our $500M+ IT expenses. I’m sure they want to hear things like scrap the Unix workstations and do everything on Wintel. That’s another issue, at least while the apps are missing. So my question is: Could a very large corporation like BP convert several thousand NT file, web and print servers from NT to Freebsd to save money. The savings being not having to license NT and increased uptime(?). Possibly OS support is cheaper or near zero. I’m sure BP would still want NT for Exchange (email) and login authentication. <BR> <BR> MY QUESTION IS: Can Freebsd severs use NT authentication methods or would that be a problem. Remember, 50,000+ users have Wintel on the desktop.<BR> <BR> Crazy idea or not? Have other very large corporations ever done this or currently do this?<BR> <BR> Mark Lederer<BR> Sugar Land, TX, USA<BR> Email: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>lederer@mac.com<BR> </U></FONT><BR> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML>help
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