Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!dalcs!aucs!paul From: paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Multi-launch under Appleshare [was Re: What's the best NETWORK?] Message-ID: <1076@aucs.UUCP> Date: 10 May 88 13:11:16 GMT References: <1814@uhccux.UUCP> <1815@uhccux.UUCP> <2229@polyslo.UUCP> <1072@aucs.UUCP> <3191@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> Reply-To: paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia Lines: 51 In article <3191@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> korn@eris.UUCP (Peter "Arrgh" Korn) writes: [stuff about multilaunch software under networks deleted] >I haven't used MacJANET, but I would be curious as to what happens when >two people try to run a program which modifies itself (like perhaps >my Graphic Load Average program, which writes to itself 'cause I took >the cheap way out for the sake of compactness & speed). I would expect >one to crash... (but after seeing what Radius is doing with making >all menus tear-off [even ones that aren't], I'll believe most any >mac wizardry...). > >Peter I don't claim to be an expert on networks, including MacJANET. I am basically going by what several people told me about multilaunch capabilities under networks. MacJANET certainly doesn't solve all network problems. For example, Switcher does not work with MacJANET network volumes since the software is read-only and Switcher doesn't like that. I'm sure there are other programs that don't work especially if they try to modify themselves. I have tried the following software under MacJANET (without any modifications) without problems: MacWrite MacPaint Word SuperPaint MacDraw Reflex Works Statview 512+ CricketGraph Pagemaker ReadySetGo RedRyder MacLinkPlus Hypercard doesn't work under MacJANET if loaded from a read-only volume, which is well know for Hypercard. We like MacJANET because it provides a pretty secure environment for our software. In the next version due shortly it will also limit the number of copies of a program in use, allowing us to buy fewer copies and restrict the usage. It will also have an encryption facility to make software pirary very difficult. MacJANET has its own types of problems, but we're happy with it. -- Paul H. Steele USENET: {uunet|watmath|utai|garfield}!dalcs!aucs!Paul Acadia University BITNET: Paul@Acadia Wolfville, NS Internet: Paul%Acadia.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU CANADA B0P 1X0 (902) 542-2201x587