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From: ciriello@lafcol.UUCP (Patrick Ciriello II)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Novell vs. Banyan (and others)
Summary: This Month's PC-World ....
Keywords: Neophyte, Novell, Banyan
Message-ID: <1249@lafcol.UUCP>
Date: 22 May 89 23:55:40 GMT
References: <24145@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Organization: NET Manager, Lafayette College
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In article <24145@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, oliveau@valhalla.cs.ucla.edu writes:
> It's pretty hard to get straight answers from LAN vendors, so I thought
> this group might help.  What are the relative merits of Banyan and 
> Novell?  What are the good and bad points of each? 

> Please send replies to the newsgroup, or to me directly.  Or call
> me at (213) 820-4616 x7788.
> 		
This month's PC-World had a very good analysis of the Major LAN
packages, including Novell, Banyan, IBM, and a few others.

Based on the size of you network, you probably don't need VINES ..
Novell or 3+Open should do fine.  Check out the article .. it is very
good.

Pat Ciriello II (Network Administrator, Lafayette College)