Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!amdahl!apple!han From: han@Apple.COM (Byron Han) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What's the best NETWORK? Message-ID: <9416@apple.Apple.Com> Date: 9 May 88 15:51:48 GMT References: <1814@uhccux.UUCP> <1815@uhccux.UUCP> <2229@polyslo.UUCP> <1072@aucs.UUCP> Reply-To: han@apple.UUCP (Byron Han, fire fighter) Organization: Communication Tools Group - Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 31 In article <1072@aucs.UUCP> paul@aucs.UUCP (Paul Steele) writes: >In my early investigation of Appleshare, I was told that if you wanted >to have 10 people running the same program, then there would have to be >10 different copies of the software on the file server. This was totally >unacceptable so we went with MacJANET, which did not have this restriction. >Does the current Appleshare allow a single copy of a program to be used >simulataneously by any number of users? >-- I believe part of the problem lies in the fact that many applications are not licensed to be placed on file servers and multi-launched. Therefore, if 10 people want to run their Mac??? software package, they should actually have 10 copies of Mac??? on their file server. Most applications that are well behaved (e.g. follow TechNotes 115/116) by not writing to themselves, numbering temporary files can be made sharable by setting a bit using ResEdit. Unfortunately, many applications are NOT well behaved, e.g. they hard code their temp file names, store configuration information in their resource/data fork, do not check for result codes from File Manager and Resource Manager calls, etc etc etc. Writing an AppleShare compatible application requires some thought. It is not as easy as writing a MultiFinder compatible application because you need to check all File and Resource Manager calls. -- Byron Han, Communications Tool "OS/2 - Half of an operating system." Apple Computer, Inc. MS 27Y ------------------------------------- ATTnet:408-973-6450 applelink:HAN1 domain:han@apple.COM MacNET:HAN GENIE:BYRONHAN COMPUSERVE:72167,1664 UUCP:{sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!han