Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!masscomp!peora!tarpit!osceola.cs.ucf.edu!katz From: katz@cs.ucf.edu (Katz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: Lantastic Message-ID: Date: 17 Feb 91 01:19:33 GMT References: <5233@tekfdi.FDI.TEK.COM> <1991Feb16.115213.1375@urz.unibas.ch> Sender: news@osceola.cs.ucf.edu (News sysetm) Organization: University of Central Florida Lines: 33 infocenter@urz.unibas.ch writes: >In article <5233@tekfdi.FDI.TEK.COM>, michaels@tekfdi.FDI.TEK.COM (Michael D. Smith) writes: >> Lantastic system is far better than Novell. >> >> We are somewhat trapped into buying the Lantastic system, >> since this is what our "expert" recommends. But I don't >> feel right about just taking his advice since he is obviously >> biased and because the Lantastic system will cost alot more. ____WHOA!!!!!!!!_________ Somebody is snowing you BIG TIME. A Novell system will cost you FAR MORE than will a lantastic system. A 10 user LAN (assuming you already have the 10 PC's) will cost you about $8000 with Novell 2.15, 10 generic ethernet cards, 386-25 network server w/100 Meg drive. A similar lantastic system will cost about $4500 for the same setup. Both LAN's will cost you the same to add on additional nodes. Of course, the Novell software is better than Lantastic's.... But, whoever is telling you Lantastic is alot more than Novell is probably making a lot of money off of you. The other reason a Novell LAN costs more is that in order to be Novell authorized you have to invest a few thousand dollars. A lantastic dealer has to invest $0.00. -- Dave Katz katz@eola.cs.ucf.edu :