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From: ben@val.com (Ben Thornton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.protocols.nfs,comp.protocols.novell
Subject: Re: PC-NFS & Windows 3.0
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.202444.15674@val.com>
Date: 20 Mar 91 20:24:44 GMT
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phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:

>For one thing, because it doesn't let Windows control print queues or
>printer mounting.

Perhaps Sun is leaving that as an exercise to some enterprising third
party vendor :-).  They DO sell a toolkit for such purposes.
Did Novell write the network support included with the Windows 3.0
release disks?

>|If you need to mount drives from Windows, mount a bunch
>|before running windows.

>This is the kind of thing Sun tries to palm off as WINDOWS COMPATIBLE.

There is a difference between "Windows Compatible" and what you are
wishing for, namely "Full Windows Support".

>By the way, don't think that I hate Unix or Sun. I love Unix, in its
>place.  I use Suns all the time and think they are wonderful for their
>intended purpose.  But I know that there are places where there are
>better ways than the Unix way.

And there are many places where there are better ways than the Novell way.

It all depends on your networking requirements.
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