>>>Will Microsoft Office & Foxpro etc. not work on Linux server ??? Pls clarify....
>>No way. There was Foxpro 2.x for Unix version, but MS doesn't support it anymore.
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>FoxPro doesn't run on my Novell server either, but so far that has never bothered me. :-)
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>>You may get away with running a web site or even your mail, but that's it. I hear somebody saying database server runs faster(??), but that means a rewrite if you're using dbf's. Not to mention good unix db engines are not free.
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>Ummm. Well, actually I got a free version of DB2 for Linux from IBM (reputedly a good Unix db engine though I haven't taken the plunge yet.)
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>Peter Robinson
Just checked on the free DB2 you mention. That would be the beta version, which of course you can get for NT also and you're not allowed to use it for purposes other than testing. So it's not really free now is it?

The idea of using Linux (or any other Unix flavor) as a file server for win32 programs is ludicrous. It's like going back to the file server days of Novell 2.x. Contemporize, man! :)