From owner-freebsd-net Sat Nov 14 11:22:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA08555 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 11:22:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Homer.Web-Ex.com ([209.54.66.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA08549 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 11:22:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@web-ex.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by Homer.Web-Ex.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10945 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 14:21:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jim@web-ex.com) X-Authentication-Warning: Homer.Web-Ex.com: jim owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 14:21:47 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Cassata To: FreeBSD Net Subject: Re: Netware client for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Boris Popov wrote: > > That's just silly. The netcon product has been out for *3 years* now > > and delivers more than adequate Netware client, server and IPX gateway > > functionality at a reasonable price. It has been on our commercial > > software pages and in the commerce distribution since almost day one as > > well so nobody can say we didn't publicise it as an option. > > Yes, price is reasonable, but some peoples and organizations > still can't by it. In addition, netcon product does not support (at least > for now) FreeBSD 3.0 and miss some functions in server implementation. > In general, FreeBSD need some improvements to IPX stack and > routing daemon (I wrote about that to Jhon Hay). > > -- > Boris Popov I agree that the price for the Netcon product is reasonable, but you must start with 10 licenses at $75 each. I get stopped at this hurdle everytime an MIS guy is showing interest at deploying some FreeBSD and wants to try a machine for a while. (a while usually exceeds 30 day free trial) I have spoken to the Netcon people about selling in smaller quantities but they are not interested. Jim Cassata 516.421.6000 jim@web-ex.com Web Express 20 Broadhollow Road Suite 3011 Melville, NY 11747 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message