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From: softa@vax.SPD.3Com.Com (Douglas Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Novell networks? Banyan, Maybe?
Message-ID: <3366@3comvax.SPD.3Com.Com>
Date: 24 Jan 90 18:56:08 GMT
References: <23021.9001161803@hilliard.ecs.soton.ac.uk> <1990Jan24.093801.16265@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us>
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In article <1990Jan24.093801.16265@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) writes:
>cjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Chris Colbourn) writes:
>
>>My department is considering installing a Novell network for a
>>mixed environment of Macs (Plus, SEs, SE/30, and IIxs), and PCs
>>(compatibles and PS/2s)...
>
>
>You may be better off choosing Banyan
>	Alex

Why doesn't anyone think of 3Com when they are looking for Mac + PC 
networks.  We have been shipping a Mac product for close to four years.   
The first version was a basic volume server, but we have been shipping 3+
(a real file server) for over 2.5 years and we can turn in 8 times
the performance of Appleshare on a busy network.  If you still don't
think it is worth looking into ask ANYONE at Acius, they gave up
on all the other because they were way to slow and now are real fans
of 3+.  Also we make Apples Ethernet card for them and sell the same
card ourselves for $100 less (yet 3 times as many people buy the Apple
card at the higher price)

Douglas