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  From: Sean Burford <slide@tellurian.com.au>
  To  : Nick Morrison <nickm@bhwb.nsw.gov.au>
  Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:30:26 +1030 (CST)

RE: Linux as an NT Server replacement

> > 9 MS Office server stuff (I know nothing about this, but can Linux do it?)
> Like .. ?  Are we talking Office 2000?  Linux probably can't manage it.
> Office 2000 uses weird-ass stuff like Active Directory etc.
> Other than that, MS Office doesn't need a server other than a file/app
> server.

Weird Ass meaning Not Invented Here or Weird Ass meaning a hacky work 
around?  I think LDAP is another word for Active Directory, and there is 
a Linux LDAP server available (www.openldap.org).  

Example: NIS/YP servers might be hard to replace with MS stuff (if that 
is the way you go) because they are weird ass.

I agree that Exchange is the only thing that is difficult to emulate, if 
it is being used as more than a mail server.

Sean