RE: DreamSpark

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another good idea! I'm getting ready to put a couple of PC's into
semi-retirement. This would be a good way to learn this stuff in order to be
able to at least talk about it with clients.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:28 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: DreamSpark

Keep in mind that to run a 2003 server you pretty much need a somewhat 
dedicated box (but the requirements aren't that beefy). We've got one 
hosting our website (in the basement) running on a Pentium3, 1.2Ghz with 
1.5 gb of ram. Not the fastest in the world but it works. Also, you'll 
need server antivirus software too, which we bought a two year 
subscription to the AVG server version. We got the 2003 software from a 
friend who was taking MCSE classes and he got the software via his classes 
(he never used it). 

I've got another old desktop in the basement and this summer I want to 
load it with a version of Ubuntu server (linux). The Ubuntu client is 
pretty cool since you can download it, burn it to a CD and boot from the 
CD to test drive it without loading anything to your hard drive. It's a 
good intro to linux and then if you want you can move toward the LAMP 
(linux, apache, mysql, php), which might be an alternative since all of 
those components in one flavor or another may run on i5os.

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
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