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From: wendyt@isieng.UUCP (Wendy Thrash)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Extended file system on UNIX 4.2/4.3 BSD
Message-ID: <187@isieng.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 20:18:33 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 20:18:33 1985
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In <910@brl-tgr.ARPA>, bzs%bostonu.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (Barry Shein) writes:

> Chuq hesitated to overview the SUN NFS for fear of being accused
> of commercialism....
> Given the fact that SUN has bent over backwards to get other vendors
> to adopt the protocol (making specs and code available) it borders
> on silly to feel that this is very commercial....

If SUN has "bent over backwards to get other vendors to adopt the protocol,"
then our experience must be atypical.  We have had _great_ difficulty trying
to purchase NFS from them.  Have other vendors who compete directly with SUN
run into similar problems?

Post away, Chuq.  We can't buy it, but we can enjoy reading about it.
Note: This is not an attack on Chuq; he has been as helpful as he could.
Unfortunately, there is a bucket of glue somewhere in the pipeline.