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From: rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Novell/Unix compatibility
Message-ID: <5937@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 91 02:39:18 GMT
Organization: Kronos Inc., Waltham MA
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I have a few questions regarding Netware in an DOS/Unix development
environment.  Currently our company has numerous MS-DOS systems
connected to Novell file servers, and has just bought some 386 systems
running SCO system V Unix.  I want to put the whole set of source code
under a single source code control system which can be accessed by both
DOS and Unix users.

1.  When is Novell going to have its TCP/IP gateway software ready?
    Will it be able to handle NFS filesystem mounting, electronic
    mail, printer queue service, and all the other doo-dads I'm used
    to with TCP/IP?

2.  Is there a source code control system which runs under both DOS
    and Unix and which knows about both Unix and DOS/Novell file locking?
    (I'm looking at RCS from Free Software Foundation.  Is anyone out
    there using it on a Netware system?)

3.  Does Netware run under the VP/ix DOS emulator package from SCO?
    With what LAN cards?

4.  Is there a Netware implementation on any other host besides DOS,
    specifically any flavor of Unix?

As you can guess, Netware is new to me.  I'd never heard of it until
recently, and I've gotten the impression that Novell has really taken over
the PC LAN market only within the last few years.

-rich