On Wednesday 24 July 2002 12:09, Ryan Ware wrote: > Nor is windows, solaris, hp-ux, aix, mac, ps2 (well maybe > ps2 is :)) I didn't mean to start a flame fest. I hope I made > some valid points and caused some self examination. A broader point > is that to be taken seriously we should not denigrate the OS's and > products of others. For the record I admin, windows, linux and > solaris. Yes the linux and solaris take less of my time because > they are more reliable, on the other hand, most of the functionality > that our users notice or like come from the windows servers and > cannot be easily replaced by another OS. > > > It is fairly obvious to all here what Ryan's opinion is, Linux > > isn't > > the solution for all problems. > Yes and apparently MS-IIS is where it is at for web server software: The site www.interplastic.com is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98. I was also wondering if any calendaring software exists besides Outlook / Exchange, but guess none exists because they are not exactly the same as Outlook/Exchange. I think the original question was about alternatives, not about if people on a linux user group mailing list should censor Linux solutions to a need. Kelly Black KB0GBJ