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From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Re: SAMBA and NETWARE mounting
Reply-To: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl
Organization: PE1CHL
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References: <3eo2j1$l5o@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <D267uw.Grq@park.uvsc.edu> <D2JnoD.1DD@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D2KG6E.CMp@park.uvsc.edu> <D2LH48.3IF@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D2qACr.A46@park.uvsc.edu> <D2s16r.428@pe1chl.ampr.org> <D2vrE0.D8M@park.uvsc.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 16:21:35 GMT
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In <D2vrE0.D8M@park.uvsc.edu> Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> writes:

>] Seeing only the disadvantages of IPX and the advantages of IP seems to
>] be very popular.

>If we start arguing about "good" and "bad" protocols, I'm going to
>start backing DECNet, despite it refusing to follow the ethernet
>standards regarding packet length.

>The MAIN advantage of IP is universality.

>The MAIN advantage of IPX is "well, we already bought into it".

Here you are just proving my point.  You are quoting an advantage of
IP, and for IPX you quote something that could just as well be called
a disadvantage.
Why can't you just approach the issue from a neutral standpoint?

Say, you want a network filesystem for your department, and it needs
to serve a number of DOS/Windows and similar workstations.  It needs
some security (not against sniffers, but against accessing confidential
data at will), and it should perform reasonably well.  Some memory
should be left in the PC after it has been loaded.
Also, there is a MODEM pool which is to be accessed from the PCs, and
of course there are some printers.
Access to other applications via the network is nice, but not the primary
reason for deploying the network.

What are you going to select?  NFS clients on a UNIX server???  Come on...

This is the way most installations go to Netware.  Later on they might
think "IP would have been nice because..." but even then it is usually
not enough of an advantage to warrant a switch.

If you want to have people select IP as a basis for their PC network,
you should at least come up with something that is similar in functionality
to Netware, but provides some definite advantages.  NFS is not going
to cut it.

Rob
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