In article <1185194653.148869.233840@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups. com>,
wrote:
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>Hey Guys, I am still in a thinking stage and will like to learn from
>your experience, and was wondering if any of you folks have a hybrid
>environment i.e. Linux and Proprietary systems and what kind of issues
>do you run into. And also, what pieces of technology you have - which
>are open source and which ones you have are proprietary and any
>changes you anticipate 1 year out. Greatly appreciate your help.

Yes, we have a diverse environment, but your question is very broad.
Are you interested in

1. File sharing? We use smb and nfs.

2. Custom applications? Proprietary compilers often have different
options and slight differences. gnu compilers can give you a nice
common denominator but the code isn't quite as fast as proprietary
compilers.

3. Document preparation? One can use openoffice on many platforms.
Are other applications of interest to you?

4. Are you interestedin proprietary unix systems or the evil empire?