Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!udc!quaver!lhummel From: lhummel@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Lionel Hummel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Apple vs. Commodore : Networking. Message-ID: Date: 3 May 90 22:17:05 GMT References: <18047@snow-white.udel.EDU> <24417@usc.edu> Sender: lhummel@urbana.mcd.mot.com Organization: Motorola MCD, Urbana Design Center Lines: 34 In-reply-to: papa@pollux.usc.edu's message of 1 May 90 03:09:43 GMT In article <24417@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: > [ ... ] > Join the mac groups if you are intersted in "old" and slow technology like > AppleTalk. Commodore made the right decision to go with Ethernet (used > practically everywhere from micros to worksations) and Arcnet, which is > the major player with Novell in the MS-DOS market. These markets are much > larger than the AppleTalk market, and CBM can be commended for a wise decision. > [ ... ] > -- Marco Commodore will be doing the right thing when they start shipping Ethernet and Arcnet, but Marco, don't be so quick to bash Appletalk. Appletalk is a major reason why Apple succeeded at "defining" desktop publishing. You say it was things like square pixels, Pagemaker, and the Laserwriter? Well perhaps so, but Appletalk broke down the price barrier for buying a laser printer. Laser printers have tended to cost more than any individual machine using them. By giving you networking (at a fraction of the cost of Ethernet), you can seamlessly split the cost of one LaserWriter among many users in a building. THAT IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT, MARCO. Yes, Appletalk is a loser in price/performance (unless its compared agaist RS-232), but it is a winner in price/solution. I'll laugh at anyone doing file sharing over AppleTalk, but if you're just sharing printers or running Telnet and maybe a little FTP'ing, Appletalk is a cost-effective answer that you can see applied in schools and businesses all over the place. -- < Lionel ----------- Lionel D. Hummel, Software Engineer [H] (217) 344-8713 Motorola Microcomputer Division, Urbana Design Center [W] (217) 384-8511 lhummel@urbana.mcd.mot.com uiucuxc!udc!lhummel uiucdcs!large!lionel