Date: 24 Aug 96 15:21:40 EDT From: Jan Knepper <106030.3360@CompuServe.COM> To: "[FreeBSD Hackers]" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Novell NetWare Message-ID: <960824192140_106030.3360_JHF79-1@CompuServe.COM>
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/* Folks, folks, you can do *all* of this from FreeBSD now. ... ... We've been running the Netcon server at Walnut Creek CDROM for a few months now and it works great as a Novell server replacement. */ Well, correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that what I told in my message? OK, I could have said it clearer... The fact is that IF a company is using Novell NetWare and also uses 'Btrieve' or any other product like that that SPECIFICLY runs on a Novell NetWare File Server there is NO WAY of replacing it with FreeBSD, Linux or what-so-ever, unless you can load a NetWare-Loadable-Module (NLM) on FreeBSD and also have the IPX/SPX communication support. I think Netcon is a nice product as far as File-Service (note *Service*) goes and may be even Print-Service. But Btrieve-Service for instance is out of the question. So, yes, FreeBSD with Netcon is a nice replacement for NetWare if you are NOT using the *extra* functionality NetWare delivers. Otherwise, there might be an NT solution... Sorry, but, "you can do *all* of this from FreeBSD now" should be, "you can do almost all of this from FreeBSD now". Don't worry, be Kneppie, Jan
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