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From: gjb@cs.brown.edu (Greg Brail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What I'd like to see in the AppleShare of the 90's
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Date: 14 Jan 90 02:47:50 GMT
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In article <25862@cup.portal.com> MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) writes:
>You have *got* to be kidding. You mean that if my network connection
>goes down (for whatever reason) while I have a server mounted, you
>*want* the Mac to lock up? You would deem this a feature?!
> 
>No, you must be kidding.

No, I am certainly not kidding. Let's say, for example, that you're
working on a project on your Mac using a copy of Word on the
fileserver. Someone accidentally kicks an AppleTalk connector apart
between you and the fileserver -- or the server crashes. The way
AppleShare works now, your Mac will crash and you'll lose the work
you're doing on your project. If the Mac locked up until it could
reach the server again, you wouldn't lose any work. Don't feel like
waiting? Hit the interrupt key, or, as someone else suggested, put an
"Abort" button in the dialog.

It all makes sense to me. When making suggestions for a 45,000-reader
newsgroup, I don't kid.

				-greg

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