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My company faced lack of IB6 support  for Novell, and on top of that we
realized that UDFs won't behave nice on Novel. Therefore, we simply suggest
to our customer a switch to Linux.
The OS is free and hardware requirements aren't hight. Before making the
move we researched the options and we came up with packaging a hardware
system with our product.
We helped the customers to make the right decision by:

1. indicating the bleak future of Novell (as we understand it)
2. diminishing support for Novel environment
3. licensing costs of Novell and NT
4. prepackaging and preconfiguring a Linux server for them (if needed)

So far we only see great enthusiasm among both younger and more exerienced
administrators. We even have a customer, currently running an NT network,
very eager to get a Linux server on his network.

So far, after about 8 months of tests plus 6 months in production the
Linux/Interbase combination caused ZERO problems and everybody is happy. As
a matter of fact I managed to squeeze in a cheap Linux box on our LAN as a
developers' file server. Nobody noticed anything, except that things don't
crash anymore.

I really wouldn't shy away from Linux based on customers views. If they have
any kind of expertise they will go right for it, if they lack this expertise
then, I think, it is your job to tell them what they need to know, i.e.
Linux (as a server platform) is DEFINITELY NOT "5 years from now before it
can possibly be where Netware and NT are now" quality wise. "Numbers wise"?
I don't get your point and frankly, with all respect, I don't care about
those numbers. The numbers I care about are those preceded by the $ sign.
Incidentally, our customers subscribe to the same point of view.

I don't intend to lecture you on the benefits of Linux in general but as for
the specific requirement (IB Server platform) it is ideal.

If you care I can share some of my exerience
Good luck

Dariusz.