[WBEL-users] Using WB for Enterprise level Networks

[Erik Williamson]

WBEL has been a lifesaver for us.  we've got 3500 users, and use it for 
our Mail, Firewalls, NFS, Samba, Web, DHCP, print, cfengine and database 
servers - about 15-20 total.  Rock solid.  Knowing that it is a nearly 
exact clone of RHEL AS made it an easy sell to the higher-ups.  I 
recommend it to anyone and everyone.

e.

Thomas E. Haynes wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: whitebox-users-admin@beau.org 
>>[mailto:whitebox-users-admin@beau.org] On Behalf Of Craig White
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:34 PM
>>To: White Box Linux
>>Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] Using WB for Enterprise level Networks
>>
>>---
>>it works fine - if only John or Vicki would let us know of 
>>their intentions for the the continuity for WBEL which after 
>>2 weeks of silence is beginning to concern me.
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> Last (academic) year we were running E-Smith, and it worked very well for us
> too. For a while we were using the E-Smith machine as the squid/filter box
> as well. I got concerned about the lack up updates, and the project seemed
> to be grinding to a halt.
> 
> I had installed Whitebox on the developmental machine in December, and
> converted the LAMP machine over in January. At the end of this summer, the
> main student file/web server made the move. Currently the developmental
> machine is running ClarkConnect 3 beta, which is based on Fedora Core. Who
> knows what the future holds, but I figure if Sourceforge is running Fedora,
> it is worth a hard look.
> 
> As an academic institution, we could get a RHEL AS license for the two
> machines at $50 each per year.
> 
> I am playing with Debian (Sarge) on my laptop.
> 
> The bottom line is that I am in an environment that is very windows-centric.
> They tolerate the Linux because is works and integrates seamlessly with the
> network as far as the user is concerned. The tech staff essentially does
> nothing with the Linux machines (I am a Math teacher.), and they are getting
> money for nothing and checks for free. As soon as I have downtime or a
> security problem, I may very well lose the Linux boxes. 
> 
> Reliability and security are critical to me, and I rely on these machines to
> do my job.
> 
> FWIW...   Tom  
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