Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs Subject: Re: Replacing Novell Netware with NFS Message-ID: Date: 1 May 91 16:46:43 GMT References: <24496@well.sf.ca.us> <7447@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> <5847@eastapps.East.Sun.COM> Sender: usenet@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM's message of 1 May 91 04:29:24 GMT In article <5847@eastapps.East.Sun.COM> geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes: Hmmm... I think that if you ask any of the groups that have actually built such a beast (Sun, FTP, B&W, etc.) they'd say that your estimates of the time and complexity seem a little optimistic :-) Yes, I know "Undocumented DOS" answers many of the questions, but not all... On the other hand, a free one could be written to a single version of DOS, whereas the commercial versions don't have that luxury. -- --russ I'm proud to be a humble Quaker. It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.