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From: mco@slimer.UUCP (Mark C. Otto)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: LM/X
Summary: LM/X fills the void in PC-to-workstation connectivity.
Keywords: LM/X HP-UX LAN Manager
Message-ID: <2576@slimer.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jan 91 05:05:31 GMT
References: <13285@asylum.SF.CA.US>
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Organization: Versatile Systems, Inc.
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In article <13285@asylum.SF.CA.US> sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) writes:
>I'm working on a story for Unix World about LAN Manager/X, or LAN
>Manager for Unix.  How many implementations of it are there?  Is
>anybody actually using it?  I'd be interested in hearing from users or
>vendors.  ... [rest deleted] ...

I use it every day.  I use LM/X (by Hewlett-Packard) on my HP 9000/375
workstation and access it from my HP RS20C personal computer under OS/2
version 1.2 with Lan Manager 2.0.  I can also run MS-DOS 4.01 and get at
the LM/X server via HP Officeshare (wonderful stuff, this backward
compatability).  What would you like to know?  Oh, by the way, ignore
the Orgganization line and my .sig, since Versatile Systems no longer
exists; I work for Hewlett-Packard, but not for the division that makes
LM/X so I think I can remain objective.  Be that as it may, I sysop the
375 and have a group of approximately 10 R&D engineers and support personnel
that share the drives and printer offered up through LM/X and have had *NO*
problems and *NO* maintenance hassles ever since I installed it almost a
year ago.  It seems to be a fine well-designed product in keeping with
the high quality of workstation software (as compared to that of the PC
world) in general.  What else would you like to know?
 


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