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From: unocc07@zeus.unl.edu (Dave Caplinger)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleShare running in the background (Was: IPT PSN problems)
Message-ID: <3324@zeus.unl.edu>
Date: 10 Sep 89 22:32:49 GMT
References: <1989Sep9.174852.11397@sics.se>
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In article <1989Sep9.174852.11397@sics.se>, ollef@sics.se (Olle Furberg) writes:
> 
> I must say I'm very disappointed in Apple for AppleShare 2.0: the server
> doesn't run in the background and it's not possible to change CD in the CD-ROM
> without shutting down the server. And still it needs a dedicated systemfolder:
> why can't it run as a usual RDEV or Application (Multifinder friendly)?!
> 
>     /Olle

Actually, I'm pretty satisfied with AppleShare 2.0... it seems that everything
Apple does it gets more-or-less right the second time around :-)

From the rumor mill over on comp.sys.mac, I've heard that Apple plans to
release a non-dedicated server ("Personal AppleShare"?) product that, like
TOPS, will run in the background while other things happen in the foreground.

In actuality, AppleShare /does/ run in the background, for example when you
are running PrintShare concurrently on the server, but it still needs a
dedicated server Mac.  If you think AppleShare is really bad, take a look 
at Novell some time.  Especially "NetWare for Macintosh".  :-)  No real
consolation, I realize...

-/ Dave Caplinger /---------------------------------------------------------
 Microcomputer Specialist,   Campus Computing,   Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha
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