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From: kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Is there a Mac->NFS solution other than a GatorBox?
Message-ID: <27B85529.123A@intercon.com>
Date: 12 Feb 91 20:50:49 GMT
References: <346@pacvax.UUCP>
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In article <346@pacvax.UUCP>, matt@pacvax.UUCP (Matt Kingman) writes:
> I disagree.  Why not just use what is already native on your Macintosh?  
> Your server isn't going to be loaded any worse by a bunch of Macs accessing
> an AppleShare Server than by using NFS.  I can't speak for other vendors, 
> but our AppleShare servers are easy to install and administrate.  Personally, 
> I find it much easier to install software in one place (on the server) 
> instead of having everyone install TCP and NFS on their Macintosh (PacerShare
> uses the standard AppleShare client software and therefore requires no 
> additions to the Mac).

Of course you and I would disagree...:-)  We sell competing technologies.

In anycase, I guess what it boils down to is what the user wants.  Do you want to add AppleTalk to your VAX, or do you just want to use what comes with most machines (NFS, TCP/IP)?  Also, which works better in large installations?  Most of the people who talk to us do not want to use AppleTalk in the WANs, they want to standardize on one protocol, and currently that seems to be TCP/IP.  So there will always be a market and need for both.  In some instances AppleTalk/AppleShare will be the way to go, in oth









ers, where there is a large mix of machines, TCP/IP and NFS will be the way to go.

In most cases our users already have TCP installed on their machines, and adding NFS/Share is as simple as dropping the file into your systems folder, I don't know how much easier than that you can get.  If they don't, adding MacTCP and configuring it can be a pain, but in most cases MacTCP is configured by the Network Administrator and given to each user.


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