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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Sun PC-NFS deficiencies
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.232450.5556@amd.com>
Date: 11 Mar 91 23:24:50 GMT
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In article <1991Mar9.120940.23851@ukpoit.co.uk> ian@ukpoit.co.uk (Ian Spare) writes:
|In article <1991Mar7.185009.27239@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
|>With Sun's release of PC-NFS 3.5, it appears that their product still
|>does not come close to what PC networking should be. Can you chose
|
|I accept that products such as novell ( and why not also mention 3-com , lan-
|manager etc ) may appear superior to SUN-PCNFS ( and why not mention FTP's 

I write about Novell and Sun PC-NFS because I have personal experience with
Novell and a previous version of Sun PC-NFS. I have not actually got my
hands on 3.5 but from reading their press release and talking to people,
it sounds like the Sun PC-NFS group still doesn't understand what PC
networks are supposed to be like.

|Novell et al give a good front-end to PC-LANS but you have to ask whether
|thats what you really need , I have a suspicion that in many cases users
|may get better value for money and increased funcionality from a 
|multi-user box running some graphic terminals, Unix with X-terminals seems

Why, so they can use vi and troff? I would guess you haven't a clue about
PCs either. That's ok if you're not in the business. But Sun is pretending
to be while delivering inadequate solutions.

When you install Windows, what network option do you chose if you have
Sun PC-NFS. NO NETWORK!

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