On 06/13/2003 02:53 PM, Filipe Joel de Almeida wrote:
The applications I'm talking about are Client/server applications, that have to RUN on the server, not just be shared.
The ones I mentioned ARE client/server programs. Samba handles all the same file locking, access, etc., that a WinNT does (at least both Lotus Smartsuite and Open Office for Windows installed as server installs, with subsequent client installs on all the clients. Does that mean Lotus RUNS in Linux, no I don't think so. The Pervasive database used by our accounting system has Windows clients connecting to a Linux based database THROUGH Samba. The Windows clients don't know whether they are connecting to NT or Linux.
All the accounting, salaries, etc. is done with those apps. And the users won't accept any app to do that that isn't Portuguese. I don't think its possible to put the server side of this apps in Linux (if it is, it would be great), and there provably aren't any Portuguese Linux apps that do that. That's my problem.
I understand that. I was only suggesting that with Samba, which seems to give Windows server apps all they need to work, your move to Linux servers while keeping Windows clients is much easier than it might appear. If your accounting program uses a database backend like MS SQL, and it will only use that one, then perhaps it isn't as doable for you for now. HTH. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.