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From: rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: DOS/UNIX network configuration
Keywords: DOS UNIX Network
Message-ID: <6183@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>
Date: 25 Jan 91 04:44:05 GMT
Organization: Kronos Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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jim@newmedia.UUCP (Jim Beveridge) writes:
>If the SCO pricing policy for Unix V 386 is the same as ODT, then
>the NFS nfsd filesystem export daemon costs about $1500.  You
>will also pay $200+ for a 3COM ethernet card.  You can
>buy a 600 Megabyte hard disk for the price of all that.
>Hardly seems worth the effort

Natch.  After criticizing SCO last week for its cruddy telephone system,
designed to maximize the distance between developers and technical support,
I must now rush to their defense.

NFS for SCO Unix includes not only nfsd, but also the include files for
developing RPC and XDR stuff (the so-called 'development system').  It
costs something like $400-500 for the whole thing, and the installation
procedure is as simple as one can imagine:  three diskettes and about
a half-hour's time.

TCP/IP is extra, though; BSD comes with both NFS and TCP/IP, whereas
SCO charges a separate fee for each.  TCP/IP plus NFS can be had for
a ballpark figure of $850.

A project for someone:  porting PC/IP to SCO Unix.  It should be possible
to put together at least a workable public-domain TCP/IP for SCO Unix,
even if not as complete a version as that available from SCO.

-rich