This book introduces Microsoft Windows administrators to the world of Open Source applications to save time and money. This provides the reader with information and techniques for using Open Source applications in various situations, such as anti-spam, databases, e-mail, Web content, file sharing, word processing, spreadsheets, and more. Focus on Open Source software that can be used to simplify common administrative tasks on Microsoft Windows operating system ? Using the appropriate Open Source applications in various situations, such as anti-spam, databases, e-mail, Web content, word processors, spreadsheets, shell scripts, file sharing, and much more ? Includes companion DVD with Open Source applications, source code, and numbers in DVD (See Appendix for details) This DVD contains a variety of Open Source software applications, numbers, source code, and extra SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS third party software contained on the DVD run on multiple platforms and operating systems. Minimum system requirements for all software products include: 1 gigabyte of free hard disk space; minimum of an Intel Pentium II processor (or x86 equivalent), and 128 MB of RAM, the software is intended for the Windows operating system (Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003); DVD drive to run the disk.