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From: leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Sun PC-NFS deficiencies
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Date: 14 Mar 91 04:51:00 GMT
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I am not sure that this is merely coincidental, but this "what is a REAL 
network" seems to have sprouted (again) after an announcement by sun that 
they have improved their pc-nfs product to be windows friendly (or something 
to that effect) ... unfortunately I do not have the announcement (it's at 
work & I am home), but it did mention win3/nfs improvements addressing SOME 
of the complaints voiced in this thread.  

I believe (and I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong) that the 
availability date for pc-nfs version 3xx PRE_DATED win3, therefore it would 
be UNREASONABLE to expect it to work as is.  

I do agree with a previous poster who said that sun/microsoft should have 
communicated better & therefore had support already built-in, or at least 
come to market with a solution shortly thereafter.  But given SUN's history 
(ever seen the _thicker_than_a Manhattan_phone_book_ bug listing?) a little 
time was required to get the wheels in motion.

Another posting also compared the % of DOS based networks that use NFS 
derivatives vs other solutions such as the (expensive) NOVELL, and quite 
honestly if I was uSoft, I would try & cover the greatest percentage with 
the least effort & pick up the rest later (or have it picked up by the 
parties left out) ... like they do for many other parts of windows 
(printer/graphics cards).

But now that SUN has addressed some of the problems, one should at least USE 
the updated package before jumping into the throws of this emotional debate.

Now I will heed my own advice & wait for the update to arrive ...



leoh@hdw.csd.harris.com         	Leo Hinds       	(305)973-5229
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