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From: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: NFS on the amiga, or, Amiga does this already
Message-ID: <1274@apple.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 18:01:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: apple.1274
Posted: Mon Jul  6 18:01:27 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jul-87 01:41:54 EDT
References: <1521@botter.cs.vu.nl> <312@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
Organization: Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer
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Keywords: NFS, multi-tasking envy, Macintosh

In article <312@louie.udel.EDU> rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) writes:
>I have already had one (very polite) letter from someone at
>Apple telling me why no one really cares about NFS, NFS 
>users are a drop in the bucket, etc. 
>
>   Then i see this on comp.sys.appletalk:
>In article <1521@botter.cs.vu.nl> jim@cs.vu.nl (Jim van Keulen) writes:
>>We have a UNIX environment (SUNS's, VAX'es) here with Ethernet (TCP/IP).
>>We also have MacIntoshes and AppleTalk, so questions arise
>>about connecting these systems.
>...
>   Once again: Amiga does this now, has been doing it for a while,

I was the person mentioned above.  

I don't disagree with the importance of connectivity.  If you want your
machine to integrate into a university or large business environment (for
example) then you have to support connectivity.  I still feel, however,
that the vast majority of users (and potential users) don't have Suns or
VAXes around.  

Also, previous messages in this thread have implied that the Macintosh
cannot do this, which is totally false.  There have been AppleTalk/Ethernet
gateways for a while, and there are several TCP/IP implementations for the
Mac.  (We use these products here at Apple; I can log onto our VAXes and
Cray over AppleTalk.)

>P.S. BTW, note also that not just Amiga fans read this list!

I always like to keep tabs on the competition (:-).  I'm sure that there are
Amiga fans who read comp.sys.mac.


-- 
Larry Rosenstein

Object Specialist
Apple Computer

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