On 18 Aug 96 01:22pm, Luis Manterola wrote to All:
 LM> Hi All!
 LM> I Supervise a LAN based on 3.12 Netware, the license I have is
 LM> for 50 users. I already have 42 PCs connected on the LAN and
 LM> may be I add some more in the next months.. I don't plan to
 LM> pass over the 50 user's limit..
 LM> My question is: What are the advantages and disadvantages of
 LM> paying the upgrade for a 4.1 Netware?
 LM> The clients are 5 W95, 8 WFW and the rest are all 386 with
 LM> nothing else than DOS.
Just to name a few...
Advantages:
        Data Migration
        Data Compression
        NDS (Distributed, replicated database)
        Better Memory Management
        Cumulative licensing
Disadvantages:
        Cost to upgrade
        Larger Memory Requirement
        Bindery Emulation (some software *REQUIRES* a true Bindery-based
        flat database)
        Need to learn NDS
        Need to have at least one workstation running Windows for ease
        of management (can be done from DOS but *VERY* cumbersome).
        Requires more work to recover from a serious crash
Other than that, not much of a difference between the two.
George
... Adding manpower to a late project makes it later.
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