Small Business Computing: Novell Serves Linux to Small Businesses

“As your business grows, your network needs to grow with it.
Many SMBs still rely on a peer-to-peer network–consisting of a few
computers cobbled together to share a printer or an Internet
connection. But this arrangement is less than efficient because you
have to administer each computer individually, and you can’t
stretch the network much beyond 10 computers.

“If you want a more sophisticated setup that requires a local
area network (LAN) built around a server. And that’s where one of
two things can happen–costs soar due to server licensing and the
need to hire someone to look after the growing IT burden, or you
give up in disgust and revert to walking the corridors with
floppies…”

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