Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!XLNVAX!LLOYD From: lloyd@XLNVAX.EXCELAN.COM (Lloyd Spencer) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell Subject: OSI "Needs and Wants" Message-ID: <9001171719.AA11923@na.excelan.com> Date: 17 Jan 90 17:19:24 GMT Sender: Novell LAN Interest Group Reply-To: Novell LAN Interest Group Lines: 33 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway X-To: NOVELL@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU I'm looking for informal input from Novell-oriented network administrators, systems integrators, and "users" regarding your interest in as well as potential needs for connecting Novell networks onto an OSI network. Since this is a very open-ended question, let me "seed" the discussion with some possible OSI networking solutions that may be of interest to you: - X.400 e-mail - FTAM file services - virtual terminal - directory services - network management - ODA/ODIF document interchange - IPX over CLNP (connectionless network protocol) routing - OSI client access to NetWare servers - OSI host access from NetWare clients Any and all comments, especially regarding relative priorities of your needs, would be helpful in our efforts to successfully deliver OSI-based networking solutions that are relevant and valuable to your organization. Finally, if there is any information that we can provide to you about relevant OSI technologies or Novell's OSI strategy, please ask. Thanks, Lloyd ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd T. Spencer Phone : (408) 473-8242 Novell, Inc. FAX : (408) 433-0775 Product Marketing Internet : lloyd@novell.com 2180 Fortune Drive CompuServe : 70020,1045 San Jose, CA 95131 -----------------------------------------------------------------------