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From: ralph@ralmar.UUCP (Ralph Barker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Request for Opinions, LAN vs MULTI-USER
Message-ID: <471@ralmar.UUCP>
Date: 19 Feb 89 00:04:04 GMT
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I am doing research on the question of "LANS vs. MULTI-USER SYSTEMS," 
and would like to get opinions from the Net.  

Although the topic may sound like an invitation to start an off-line
flame war, what we are actually interested in is:

	1.  Under what circumstances/environments have you (or your
	company) found a LAN (in this case, networked PCs) to be a superior 
	solution to the needs of the user community, compared to a 
	multi-user (UNIX or otherwise) system?

and, conversely,

	2.  Under what circumstances/environments have you concluded that
	a multi-user system was the better choice?

Please send e-mail to me at the address shown below.  I will summarize
if others are interested.  

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
-- 
Ralph Barker, RALMAR Business Systems, 640 So Winchester Blvd, San Jose,CA 95128
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