[Cialug] Open source for Crystal Report???

[Theron Conrey]

I've spent ALOT of hours rearranging deck chairs............

-Theron


Nathan C. Smith wrote:

>Are you looking for easy report writing, or just scheduled or slick
>web-based reports once the reports are written?
>
>I'm not familiar with any report-writing tools.  PHP can out put reports in
>many formats including PDF and via SMTP.  Perhaps you could clarify what you
>are looking for a bit more?
>
>Is the individual that wants to change platforms skilled with Linux and
>Apache?
>
>If I put on my psuedo-security expert hat for a minute, I would say,
>switching platforms isn't necessarily the best insurance you have against
>getting hacked.  Setting up your servers to be secure to the level of risk
>you can manage and accept is all any of us can do.  I really like Open
>Source like Linux BSD and Apache, but if you don't have the talent in-house
>to secure a system to a level of risk you are comfortable with, changing
>platforms is like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.  Some opinions
>will differ, but Apache, as it ships with many distributions is actually
>less secure and harder to manage (lots of pre-installed modules) than IIS.  
>
>In any case, it will boil down to a few things: The level of risk you are
>able to accept.  The level of risk you can budget, and the skills of the
>individuals handling the network, server systems, and web programming.
>
>My opinions, I hope others have a take on this too.
>
>-Nate
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Elizabeth Murray [mailto:Elizabeth.Murray@dnr.state.ia.us] 
>Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 1:17 PM
>To: cialug@cialug.org
>Subject: [Cialug] Open source for Crystal Report???
>
>
>HI.  New to the group and new to Linux.   
>
>Do you know if there is an open source or Linux substitute for Chrystal
>Report?
>
>One of the guys on my web team is wanting to replace all of our MS IIS sites
>with Linux.  We got hacked last week.
>
>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>Liz M
>
>V. Elizabeth Murray, CNE5, CNE6, MCP
>Information Technology Specialist V
>Air Quality Bureau
>Iowa Department of Natural Resources
>515-281-8565
>elizabeth.murray@dnr.state.ia.us
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