[LI] Re: LI] Help required on Linux

[Swapan Sarkar <swapan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Windoze wanderer, welcome to the world of Linux. Here you will
find
solutions to your needs.

> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 18:09:02 +0500
> From: Akshara Technologies <girish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] Help required on Linux
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have an intranet project that must be implemented for one of my
clients.
> I am evaluating Linux for him instead of WIN NT and MS-BackOffice. All
my
> programming will be done using VIsual Studio. However for the backend
I am
> thinking of using Linux.
>
> I have searched the WEB pages at Linuxhq.com for answers but could not
find
> any. I hope one of you can help me.

Linuxhq.com is the wrong place to start with. Why not try with LINUX.COM

or LINUX.ORG and proceed from there. For links to software repository
freshmeat.net and linuxberg.com are good places to search.

>
> My questions are:-
>
> 1. Does Linux have an in-built RDBMS which supports intranet features
and
> that can be accessed by a VB app that runs on a WIN95 node.

The concept of in-built RDBMS in an OS is wrong. RDBMS is an application

which should work outside of the OS kernel. The concept being sold by
Oracle 8 is another matter where they are selling an DBMS with a
micro kernel providing the OS services.
For an RDBMS which works nicely on Linux, PostgreSQL or MySQL should
be the choice. As for "intranet feature" could you elaborate more on
that ...
>
> 2. Does the RDBMS have CLient Access Licenses just as MS-SQL Server
has?

No. Client Access License has (or rather should have) no meaning in the
world of web sans MS.
>
> 3. Is there a limit to the number of users that can access the
database at
> any given point of time?

No, as long as your hardware configuration can support them.
>
> 4. Can Dynamic WEB paes; pages that retrieve data from an RDBMS be
hosted
> on LINUX. If so using which language?  I.e., can ASP be used?

In fact Linux is famous for that and MS was afraid of doing a benchmark
using
this criteria. For a complete solution you can have a look at Midgrad
and Zope.
To build one of your own, you need Apache + <your favorite module>
>
> 5. Can Linux be used on the server to allow users to dial in using a
modem
> and their preferred browser to access data from the RDBMS stored on
the
> Linux server.

Yes, you need to setup mgetty for dial-in access.
>
> 6. Do all the above features require separate software? If so are they
free
> or do they have to be purchased?

I have only listed the free ones here. Proprietery ones also abound in
the
market now.
>
> Can anyone help me with these questions?

The best would be to get a Linux Consultant to give you a proposal and
then
you can go from there. I guess the likes of CBConsulting can help you
there.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Regards,
> Girish
> Akshara Technologies
> Email:aksharatechnologies@xxxxxxxx

HTH
-swaps

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