On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 08:09:23PM +0200, Mirko Scurk wrote: > 1. Is server hw enough for Linux with Samba as PDC, other sw and 15 heavy > users? Yes > 2. How important is lack of linux printer drivers if nobody will ever > print from linux - only win clients? You'll want to find a way to print from linux[1]. It's much easier to debug. > 3. I spotted on web that there might be some problems with ms access file > (mdb) locking on samba - how serious is it? > 4. What gw do you suggest? - (doc sharing and versioning is crucial!) I messed with egroupware[2] a while back. It looks like it's improving. SugarCRM[4] might satisfy this requirement and #7 also. > 5. What backup approach do you suggest, that user with no knowledge of > linux can carry on? Maybe some web app? I've used backuppc[3] before with success. > 6. Can Samba offer same functionality as single W2K domain server? Is it > transparent for users - what difference will they see? You need to use openldap and samba together > 7. Some open source CRM? SugarCRM[4]. > 8. Is Ruby On Rails capable and mature enough for building simple ERP with > interaction with MDB? If not, maybe some other (not neccessary) web dev > tool? Move data from MDB to mysql. Then write an ERP using method you choose. 1. http://linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi 2. apt-cache show egroupware http://www.egroupware.org/ 3. apt-cache show backuppc http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ 4. http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/
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