[Koha] Newbie: Windows NT server, Linux and Koha

[Fabian Kruse]

Hello to all members of the group!

I have been visiting the Koha site for some weeks now, reading the  
Wiki etc. to get more or less an idea of how it works, being a  
network newbie.
I´m doing an internship in a big organization and right now we are  
searching for a system to organize our small library containing some  
3000 books, growing about 100 titles a month. Koha seems to be the  
perfect solution in flexibility, TCO and "sympathy".

My problem in convincing the people to give it a try is that all the  
systems in the organization work windows-based, the server on Win NT,  
and I do not have enough network knowledge to be able to discuss the  
topic with the Admin.

So, here´s my question: I have right now two different solutions in  
mind for getting started with Koha in our office - does any of those  
work or do you have another idea?

1. Get a new PC, install - let´s say - Fedora Core, install Apache,  
Perl, PHP and Koha. Connect this system to the Windows NT server and  
be able to provide access to Koha to all 50 workstations of the  
office. There is no need to provide public access (yet), so I think  
the system has not be the latest server hardware, but a normal  
workstation would do.
But: is it possible to connect the Linux PC to the Windows NT server  
and enable it to be accesible for ALL Windows workstations of the  
office?!?

2. Install Koha on Windows, as described in the manual. Z39.50 would  
not work as I understand it, but I think we could live without it.

I would PREFER the first solution, just to let the NT server untouched.
Would this work?

I appreciate very much every thought on this topic; if anyone has a  
good weblink for a NT/Linux-network introduction I would be grateful  
as well.

Thanks a lot and keep up the cool work! :))
Fabian