SCN: Re: WEB: Info request

[Randy Groves]

What are you trying to do?  If all you want to do is set up a web site and
drive a fairly small database, then all you need would be Windows 2000
server and Access 2000.  All the other stuff in BackOffice is overkill -
and BackOffice won't run on Windows 2000 for some months.

I would definitely start out with Windows 2000.  It is much more stable,
and the support of additional drivers and other devices is fairly
automatic.

There is a concern, however as to the size of your machine.  I have run
Windows 2000 on a Pentium 133 with success.  It is somewhat slow, but runs
just fine.  You will need at LEAST 128 MB of memory, more if you can get
it.

If you are going to try ANY Windows variant on a slower machine with less
memory - you will be disappointed.

-randy


On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Seattle Public Theater wrote:

> Hi,
> We are using the Microsoft donaiton program to get software we need--but I
> need some advice.  Can you please advise me:
> --Windows 2000 Professional is available.  Can we use this on our little
> pentiums?  
> --If we choose Windows 98, we choose the upgrade from 95, right?
> 
> --MS BackOffice/MS Windows 2000Server
> BackOffice says they have NT Server 4,0, IIS 4,0, Exhange Server 5,5,
> Proxy Server 2.0, SNA Server 4.0, SQL serverr 7.0, Site server 3,0, SMS
> 2.0.  This all sounds likes I'm setting up an ISP if I get it.  I don't
> know what these are, but I do know that we need to have adequate
> compatibility with an ISP that will be doing ticketing for us.  Do I need
> these to create an interface with an ISP/database?
> 
> Or, will that MS Windows 2000 server do that?
> 
> Or, where can I go to find out enough to make these decisions myself?
> 
> Thanks so much,
> Barb
> 
> 
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