name all the uses for samba

[Jonathan]

Vulpes Velox wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:07:50 -0400
> Dragoncrest <dragoncrest at voyager.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>	Ok, I've gotta convince my boss to switch from windows 2000 to freebsd for 
>>all our internal needs.  So far I've half convinced him, but I've hit a 
>>snag.  I know that Samba can be used for a lot of things, and I'm trying to 
>>tell him all the things that Samba will do, but I can't think of many.  Can 
>>you guys name all the uses for samba?  I've already talked him into 
>>replacing our windows firewall, mail and other basic servers with freebsd, 
>>but we've still got a couple of domain servers to get rid of and I know 
>>that Samba can replace them as well.  Can you guys help me out here?  Maybe 
>>toss in a little TCO jargon so that he sees it both from a technical side 
>>as well as what matters most ot him.  Money.  THanks!!
> 
> 
> 
> Samba...
> 1: Printer sharing
> 2: file sharing/network drive
> 
> Since you are asking this, I would really suggest holding off awhile befor
> pushing for it. I would suggest toying around with it, learning it, and then
> pushing it.

You might want to look at:

http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/bookshelf/articles/Samba.html

Perhaps you might want to lean on the reason why it is better as much as 
all the things it can do. Cost is always a good reason for bosses ;)

- J