[PLUG] NetWare & Linux?

Petcher, Danielx J danielx.j.petcher at intel.com
Tue Apr 15 08:56:02 UTC 2003


It's a whole 'nuther operating system. There are some vertical applications
and device drivers written for NetWare that have not yet been ported to the
Open Source world.

-djp
http://folding.stanford.edu - the brain you save may be your own!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Shepard [mailto:rshepard at appl-ecosys.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:47 AM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] NetWare & Linux?
> 
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Scott Van Hoosen wrote:
> 
> > We have a Netware 6 server that is doing file sharing. Netware 6
> > supposedly can work in SMB/CIFS, NFS and AppleTalk protocols. Tomorrow
> our
> > Novell consultant will be attempting to get all this working, which
> would
> > allow my Linux box to connect via NFS, our Mac users to connect via
> > AppleTalk, and Windows clients to connect without needing the Novell
> > client installed on their systems.
> 
> Scott,
> 
>   Does Netware do anything that linux doesn't do as a server? Other than
> the
> expense you've already incurred for Netware, is there a technical
> advantage?
> Again, I'm just curious, not challenging anyone on this.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich




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