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From: monkey@unixprt.UUCP (Monkey Face@unixprt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions,comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: Remote File Sharing (RFS) - SVR3
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Date: Tue, 6-Jan-87 23:45:15 EST
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Summary: NFS vs RFS wars
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> ...Also, one may well draw a parallel
> with the XNS versus TCP/IP wars a while back: XNS had a lot of merit, but
> TCP/IP got there first, and in networking, it often seem to be a question of
> who gets there first.  ....

I believe, in the past, there was more wide-spread use of the Berkeley 
rendition of UNIX (4.xBSD) outside of AT&T also.  Lately it seems that most 
vendors feel obligated to provide SV.  Many do as MIPS and provide both.  
Few still only provide the Berkeley based product.

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