Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!dptcdc!berner!lethe!geac!jtsv16!uunet!lll-winken!ames!purdue!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!RELAY.NSWC.NAVY.MIL!dsill From: dsill@RELAY.NSWC.NAVY.MIL Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Ethernet vs LocalTalk Message-ID: Date: 2 May 89 12:14:42 GMT References: <278@suna.CMI.COM> Organization: The Internet Lines: 13 >From: mailrus!caen.engin.umich.edu!suna!dave@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (David Halonen) >Its my feeling that the CPU speeds must be increased in order for the >advantages of Ethernet to be realized. Comments, anyone? Perhaps that's true in a small all-Mac shop, but in a large hetergeneous environment Ethernet is clearly superior, at least as a backbone. Ethernet is also industry-standard and non-proprietary which gives it an edge in the government. ================================================================ "I no longer think of something as a computer unless it's connected to a network." -- Peter Weinberger