Xref: utzoo comp.sys.novell:1178 comp.sys.mac.system:4412 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!fernwood!portal!atari!momenta!tecot From: tecot@momenta.com (Ed Tecot) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7.0 for the Mac and Novell Netware... Keywords: Mac Novell System 7 Message-ID: <1991Apr15.210436.13279@momenta.com> Date: 15 Apr 91 21:04:36 GMT References: Organization: Momenta Corporation Lines: 27 markw@kinetics.com (Mark Wittenberg) writes: >>This is bologna. Netware 3.0 just recently went out. Novell has had >>System 7 in beta form since at least October. They should have seen >>the problem A LONG TIME AGO. It would have been a simple fix to resolve >>the problem before 3.0 went out the door. I guess it is just easier for >>them to try to reflect the problem back on Apple. Now, as far as volume IDs, >>Apple published recommended methods for obtaining a new volume id to >>mount a volume with. The notes described a method for searching the volume >>table for free entries. None of the notes showed the use of volume 0, they >>all started counting at -1, going down (the index into the volume table >>is the 2s complement of this number; thus volume -1 has an index of 0). >Sorry Jack; it's not bologna. This is indeed Apple's bug: that's why _they_ >fixed it, not us. Apple knows it's their bug, and they are not complaining >to us. The bug was not in 6.0.x (I don't know which versions of 7.0 had >it or not, except as noted), was in 7.0b4, and was fixed in 7.0b5. Believe >me, it's not like we're twisting Apple's arm to get them to change their >specs; when we noticed this problem and called Apple about it they told >us that they had already noticed it and fixed it in b5. That's right, it's not bologna, it's cow chips. Just because Apple fixes a bug, it doesn't mean that the fault lies with Apple. At Apple, compatibility is very important; it's SOP to fix a third party's bug in system software if possible. It seems to be pretty clear here that Novell's not following the rules. _emt