>>Vinod,
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>>I can't give you a conclusive answer, only that we are frustrated enough with M$ and their monopoly strategies that we are strongly considering Linux. We are going to set up a "play" server and feel it out for the next few months, deciding for ourselves what the investment will be in time and what the return looks like. Probably try out a few toy projects, small things that we are already very comfortable with to see how it plays out.
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>>>Every now and then we face problems in win nt, new service packs comes up which solves old things and create new problems..
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>>>finally somebody has suggested me to go for Linux Server...Less cost & bug free..
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>>>Any ideas/opinions abt. that ??? TIA
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>I recommend the S.u.S.E 6.1 distribution over the Red Hat 6.0. They have the same features, but the S.u.S.E. configuration tools make customization much easier (the book is also a better reference). If you want to go with the distribution publisher's settings for server or workstation, there is not much difference. Haven't tried the other distributions so I can't comment on them.

I know that M$ is offering FP server extensions for Unix (is Linux part of that "gang", I couldn't tell you for sure). As well, for ASP, you can always get Chili!ASP which is an ASP interpretor for multiple Web servers. For a while, M$ was against their product, claiming it would "break" ASP standards, but they're now recommended on the M$ site... Let's see if they'll supply a botched videotape to prove that they were never against the whole concept of someone else making an ASP interpretor!

Hugo Dahl