Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!prism!qseclrb From: qseclrb@prism.gatech.EDU (BOB BAGGERMAN) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: Sun PC-NFS deficiencies Summary: Novell as a "standard" Message-ID: <24370@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 14 Mar 91 22:33:20 GMT References: <1991Mar9.120940.23851@ukpoit.co.uk> <1991Mar11.232450.5556@amd.com> <1991Mar13.180625.14540@amd.com> Followup-To: comp.protocols.nfs Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 20 In article <1991Mar13.180625.14540@amd.com>, phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: > In article kv56962@tut.fi (V{{r{nen Kari) writes: > Doesn't Sun talk about being standards based? Novell is THE standard > in PC networks. The trouble I and others have with Novell as a "standard" is that it is not what many consider an open standard. It is what ever Novell comes up with. That means a proprietary disk format, a proprietary operating system, a proprietary programming API, a broken 802.3 implementation. These things become the "standard" because of the shear bulk of business that Novell does not necessarily because of the technical excellence of the product. Novell was the first big player and they continue to do good marketing. PC-NFS has its problems. But I prefer to support manufacturers that persue open standards rather than de facto standards. -- Bob Baggerman ! rwb@csdvax.gatech.edu Communications Laboratory ! qseclrb@hydra.gatech.edu Georgia Tech Research Institute ! bbaggerm@gtri01.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332 ! 404-894-3525