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From: backman@vaxeline.ftp.com (Larry Backman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: NFS Support in NetWare
Message-ID: <1339@vaxeline.ftp.com>
Date: 12 Mar 91 17:43:47 GMT
References: <6807@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>
Reply-To: backman@vaxeline.ftp.com.UUCP (Larry Backman)
Organization: FTP Software, Inc.
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In article <6807@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes:
>I wrote:
>>>Is the Novell solution also going to offer a DOS _client_ NFS package?
>
>From Novell, donp@na.excelan.com (don provan) writes:
>>Novell provides a DOS *NetWare* client with their server.  What would
>>be the point of also offering a DOS NFS client in the same package?  I
>
>You seem to be in your own little DOS world.  What would be the point?


I think before you castigate Don so publically that you should remember
that he has been one of the voices of interoperability & connectivity
from Novell over the past 2 years.
>My friend, interoperability's the point.  If you add an NFS server to
>your Netware servers, Unix users can then get access to files stored
>on them.  But DOS users are still stuck with accessing only files on
>the Novell servers, unless Portable Netware is installed on the Unix
>systems.


That sure sounds like a stretegic decision made at levels in Novell
far, far above those writing on the Internet...

It's basically half-a-loaf.  On the one hand, you're encouraging
>companies to add TCP/IP Unix systems to their Novell networks, and on the
>other you're not providing comparable access for DOS users.
>
Again; a strategic decision, if you control the servers; you control
the network; or something like that....

>All of this actually surprises me, because I'm used to running into
>high prices in the Unix marketplace.  For the DOS marketplace to offer
>higher prices than corresponding Unix products, this is new to me.
>

yes the prices are high; so is a Sparc-II by the time you add all the
bells & whistles to it.  Yes also, Sun's NFSD is free but bundled
software isn't always given the loving care that a software only
product is.


I personally would love to spend 4-5K for a server that is reliable
(Checksums Don?) does intelligent datagram adapation based on
MTU size as well as whetehr or not a router is involved.

In addition I'd love to see an NFS Server that screams, as opposed to
clunks as many of the other < $50,000 NFS Servers seem to do.



a				Larry Backman
				backman@ftp.com