Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!appserv!sun!amdcad!brahms!phil From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: Sun PC-NFS deficiencies Message-ID: <1991Mar15.034313.14974@amd.com> Date: 15 Mar 91 03:43:13 GMT References: <1991Mar13.180625.14540@amd.com> <105@logdis1.hq.aflc.af.mil> Sender: usenet@amd.com (NNTP Posting) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc; Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 27 In article <105@logdis1.hq.aflc.af.mil> hassler@logdis1.hq.aflc.af.mil (Barry D. Hassler) writes: |I must object to this. Simply because a product is widely available does NOT |make it a standard. Standards imply widely accessible, public specifications |The above products you mention, while extremely attractive, are not viable |options in environments where open competition and interoperability are |required. Yeah, I guess you have the right attitude to work at Sun. You should have told HP how hard it was going to be to support Novell so they wouldn't have wasted time on it. |IT MAY BE TRUE that PCNFS does not satisfy your needs, but that isn't a |reflection upon PCNFS itself, but instead on those companies that have chosen |to implement it. By the way, I have no vested interest in NFS. I do have an Sounds like you're talking about the generic idea of NFS on PCs. You're confused. I have been talking about Sun PC-NFS (tm). |interest in assuring my clients are provided the best solution to their |requirements. I don't think I'd want to be your client judging from the attitude you have exhibited. -- The government is not your mother. The government doesn't love you.