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From: cadsi@ccad.uiowa.edu (CADSI)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.windows.ms,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Sun PC-NFS deficiencies
Message-ID: <1991Mar16.190853.28806@ccad.uiowa.edu>
Date: 16 Mar 91 19:08:53 GMT
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From article <1991Mar16.015158.20566@amd.com>, by phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai):
> I'm not familiar with Maple, but I believe Mathematica does run on 386 PCs.

It does (Mathematica).

> MS Windows on a 386 is a pretty good multitasking system and does offer VM.

Especially if you like UAE's.  I'm not quite ready to call it pretty good.
But it does work anyway.

> 
> I still think Sun PC-NFS is a lousy excuse for a PC network.

I think we have it here.  PC-NFS is probably NOT a PC network.  Its just
a network.

> 
> Sun PC-NFS is NO NETWORK to Microsoft Windows.
> 

Except for file sharing, print sharing.  I must admin, I hate leaving
Windows just to run the 'net' program(s).

I think its getting close to the point where we are wasting too buch
bandwidth here.  I close my comments here:

Novell:  fantastic - I've used it and seen it.
	Windows:  knows about it and works well with it.

PC-NFS: pretty darn good at what it does.
	Windows:  doesn't really know about it, but it works anyway.
		(I won't call this NO NETWORK, better yet, SOME
		OTHER NETWORK, no extra disks required).


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