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In article <xia67w5tas9.fsf@colesmyer.com.au> Richard Keech   Open Systems Group <rkeech@colesmyer.com.au> writes:
>help,
>
>i'm about to be subjected to having to use MS Outlook and windows 97
>on my desktop at work.  is there such a thing as a unix-based
>Outlook-compatible mail client to save me from this fate?
>
>put more generally, what are the options for a unix-based desktop to
>properly inter-operate within a thoroughly microsoftened organisation?

We converted most of our UNIX-based workstations to NT after
several months of testing Xserver packages: Xvision is one, but
there are others. We have in general been very happy with the
combination of OS applications and functionalities this
arrangement offers. Integrated office packages using the NT OS
core and associated tools have really added to the productivity
of our workplace. The reliability and scalability of UNIX has
been retained for core server, especially after putting a copy
of Advanced Server for Unix (NT services) on the UNIX servers.
(AS/U offers a superset of the functionality that the SAMBA
package delivers.)

Most UNIX users really access their network connection from a
telnet/ASCII window, and some use an X-based GUI. Both these
methods are still accessible if an Xserver product is installed
on a WindowsNT system. The addition of Windows-based tools is
just icing on the cake, in my opinion.

I personally have been quite satisfied with this setup for more
than 5 years.

And, yes, I am still using nroff(1) to format my postings... :-)
--sam
Sam Vause, CTO, General Purpose Computing Global Support Center,
NCR Corporation, 3245 Platt Springs Road, W. Columbia, SC 29170,
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-- 
Sam Vause, CTO, General Purpose Computing Global Support Center,
NCR Corporation, 3245 Platt Springs Road, W. Columbia, SC 29170,
V+633-7621, 800-445-2862,x7621, AT&T=803-939-7621, FAX=803-939-7707