Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!bruce!merlin!ianh From: ianh@bhpmrl.oz.au (Ian Hoyle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: NFS on the Mac Message-ID: <1578@merlin.bhpmrl.oz.au> Date: 26 Jun 90 02:28:50 GMT References: <6692@umd5.umd.edu> <855@mdavcr.UUCP> <268138A0.6F2B@intercon.com> <19724.2681dd74@merrimack.edu> Organization: none Lines: 57 rand@merrimack.edu writes: >In article <268138A0.6F2B@intercon.com>, amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes: >> In article , time@crane.aa.ox.com (Tim >> Endres) writes: >> >> You'd better form a company and start hiring people and buying equipment. >> It's a hard, tough job. A good PD NFS client would be really cool, but it's >> no substitute for a commercial-quality product with a good support >> organization behind it. Free is great, but you get what you pay for. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> -- >> Amanda Walker, InterCon Systems Corporation >Gee, Amanda, you wouldn't have anything to gain from a statement like >this, would you? Last I knew (mostly from you spouting it's virtues >all over the net) your company sells a 'commercial' version of the PD >NCSA Telnet. >I'm not one to flame but how about a disclaimer for those who can't >see between the lines. Well Rand, since a) I use squillions of PD applications/inits etc (and yes, some of which I *have* sent off my registration for :-) b) I have used (and still do occasionally) comms packages such as NCSA Telnet c) I am also a user of Intercon Corp's (or as you put, Amanda's) 'commercial' version of NCSA Telnet (which I happen to think doesn't give any indication as to the extensions Intercon has made to the package) I was a trifle pissed off by this blunt flame of Amanda Walker. I simply read it as an expression of someones frustration in trying to support a new product on the market, whereby they have taken a **great** PD utility/concept and made it into a wonderful/marketable product, albeit one with some teething problems. Save the flaming for alt.flame. It's great to see some small companies producing good, useful software. Good on ya Amanda & Gaige. ian -- Ian Hoyle /\/\ Image Processing & Data Analysis Group / / /\ BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories / / / \ 245 Wellington Rd, Mulgrave, 3170 / / / /\ \ AUSTRALIA \ \/ / / / \ / / / Phone : +61-3-560-7066 \/\/\/ FAX : +61-3-561-6709 E-mail : ianh@bhpmrl.oz.au