Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!labrea!decwrl!pyramid!voder!apple!lsr 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 Lines: 42 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 AppleLink: Rosenstein1 UUCP: {sun, voder, nsc, mtxinu, dual}!apple!lsr CSNET: lsr@Apple.com