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From: wittmann@erb1.engr.wisc.edu (art wittmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Novell support on Sun workstations
Message-ID: <292@erb1.engr.wisc.edu>
Date: 3 Jan 91 17:37:54 GMT
References: <1991Jan3.082322.23410@hellgate.utah.edu>
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In article <1991Jan3.082322.23410@hellgate.utah.edu> haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes:
>Does anybody have any idea what it takes to get Novell support on
>a Sun workstation?  I asked Grover Righter at Novell this question a few
>months ago and he laughed and said "It's not even on the list".  This
>is a pretty serious shortcoming as far as we are concerned.
>
>Thanks  -- Walt

What sort of support are you looking for?  A number of months ago, I do
recall someone at Novell talking about IPX on Unix, but I really think
they were "feeling the water".  

It seems that Novell's intentions to support NFS is a better way to 
go than trying to support IPX and related protocols on the Sun (or
other) workstation.

I suppose the real issue becomes one of server management.  If you want
to administer your Novell network from anything but a PC, your going to
have trouble.  There are some Macintosh APIs, but they are no where near
as rich as the DOS APIs.  I'd guess that some similar subset of APIs for
Unix might come along some day as well.

Art

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