[BUGS] IT Support Business with FreeBSD servers

[Sam Lawrance]

On 22/05/2008, at 7:33 AM, harrywwc wrote:

> Hey Brad,
>>
>> I've done a google search for competitors and found a couple with
>> quality services, but not many in Newcastle. And many seem to prefer
>> Microsoft Small Business Server, which I see the advantages, but if I
>> manage FreeBSD professionally for the business, FreeBSD will be a  
>> better
>> choice (in my opinion).
>>
>> So, I was wondering if you guys could share your wisdom with
>
> Yeah, M$ is out there, lots. Can I suggest you form a casual
> relationship with a company that does M$-SBS, so you can recommend  
> them
> as a 'partner' - perhaps with a small percentage coming back to you  
> for
> the referral? :') and of course the 'reverse' from them to you.
>
> One thing, think about playing with Linux as well - there will be some
> who will have Linux (probably RHEL/CentOS or SuSE or even Ubuntu)
> installed. The difference (once you come to grips with the SysV  
> startup
> scripts) is not that great. Sure, some things are in the "wrong"  
> place,
> but you get used to that - especially if you've used several
> 'commercial' *IXen.

I have to agree here, don't niche yourself into oblivion.  Learn the  
stuff you don't know, and use what fits!

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