Path: utzoo!censor!teecs!belkin
From: belkin@teecs.UUCP (Hershel Belkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP 3rd Party Software attitude
Message-ID: <1690010@teecs.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 90 02:47:44 GMT
References: <642@mmlai.UUCP>
Organization: Litton Systems, Toronto ONT
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I am also very interested in the "Ki" LAT and DEKnet software.
We run an all-HP shop (825/300's, etc...) in a company consisting
of almost all DEC/VMS machines running DECnet.  We managed to
convince one DEC site to put up the Wollongong TCP/IP software
so that we can at least push mail through to DECnet sites, but
it's far from a good solution.

We plan to buy the LAT software from Ki -- last time I spoke to them
they told me that it was working on the 800-series (is this correct?).
That will allow users on LAT terminal servers to get to us (and
we want them to -- LISTEN,HP: The more DEC users I can get to log on
and use software on our systems, the more favourably HP will be
looked upon by those users, so the next system they buy...)

However, this still leaves my users (on the HP systems) at a disadvantage,
since they can't get to the VAX machines to easily share data, or to
run existing company software/ access databases, etc.  Right now, our
users must either use rlogin to get to our one TCP/IP DEC host, and
then use DECnet to move to the desired host, or they must connect to
a LAT terminal server themselves.  With Ki's DEKnet software, this
problem would be eliminated. 

On a similar note, I heard that CDC is also developing DECnet access
software for Unix... any confirmation/ information on this??

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