[H-GEN] AN OFFBEAT QUESTION

[Anthony Towns]

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...for values of "OFFBEAT" vanishingly close to "OFFTOPIC", eh? For
Windows advice, you're probably looking for a different group, but at
the very least you should be on the chat@ list, not the general@ one.

On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 09:11:07AM +1000, Rick Phillips wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 21:23, Sarah Hollings wrote:
> >Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of Windows 2000 Pro
>     >clients which can be connected to a Win2000 Pro machine being used as a
>     >file server?  I have heard that 10 is the limit.
>     >If 10 is the limit, is there a workaround - Samba for instance?

Sure. Install one of the Linux distros (after downloading them from the
net at a HUMBUG meeting, or getting them on CD), set up samba for file
and printer sharing, uw-imap and postfix for email, iptables and squid
for Internet connection sharing, and whatever else you need. No per-seat
fees for the server (you'll still have to pay per-seat if you want to run
Windows ($200 or more each at OEM prices) and Office ($500 or so each
at OEM prices) -- although there are free solutions to replace most of
the functionality they provide too, depending on what you need).

(And advice about the above, as opposed to Windows' licensing restrictions,
would actually be on topic for this list...)

Cheers,
aj

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