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From: Cherry@Frodo.MGH.Harvard.EDU (J. Michael Cherry)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: MacNFS vs AppleShare
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Date: 10 Nov 90 00:39:24 GMT
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If you could pick between NFS or AppleShare based strictly on the protocols' 
performance and ease of use which method of network file sharing would you 
use between a Macintosh and a multiuser system like Unix or VMS. With NFS 
the Unix software is included with the operating system, with AppleShare 
the software is included with the Macintosh. On a VMS system neither NFS 
or AppleShare is included but both are commercially available. Which method
would be the best from a technical point of view?

If the primary computer to the end user is a Macintosh then I feel the 
AppleShare approach would be best because NFS does not provide the icon 
information. Please correct me if I am uninformed for I do not know much
about either methods design. 


Mike Cherry
cherry@frodo.mgh.harvard.edu
Department of Molecular Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston