Robert Bull wrote in a message to Leonard Erickson:



 LE> Me, I've got an OS/2 box I do most of my "DOS" stuff on,
a DR-DOS box
 LE> that's running the node, a couple of Windows boxes for things that

 RB> There I'm surprised, because my current boss and former boss were
 RB> both mad keen on OS/2 for running their nodes.  Both were/are 
 RB> major mail movers, so they really need a heavy-duty OS.

I have a couple of copies of OS/2 here,  and in fact have it installed on a
couple of machines,  though I don't use it.  I was *real* enthusiastic
about it a few years back,  but I've lost a lot of that enthusiasm as time
has gone by.  Too much stuff in there that's specific to OS/2,  too much in
there that I don't understand,  too much orientation on IBM's part to
selling it to the business market that will pay for support (which is where
they make their money when it comes to OS/2 these days),  and not enough
support for a variety of hardware.

 LE> aren't easily down on the others, and a Netware server that ties the
 LE> mess together.

 RB> I don't have the space for more than a laptop ATM but it's sort of
 RB> occurred to me that several computers running different OSs might 
 RB> be the best way to get things done. 

I rather like that approach.  I'm typing this on a box that's running
dos/dv, and there are two other boxes here that run linux,  one I just
installed today.  One other for games and such runs w98,  another runs OS/2
but it's been *ages* since I turned that one on.  And there are more,  will
be more,  as I have a 16-port hub and only 5-6 of those allocated so far. 
:-)

 RB> I hadn't thought of tying a home system together with a network, 
 RB> though, and that might be useful.

Oh,  definitely.  To back up the bbs I used to use a tape drive.  Since
tapes don't hold all that much the process was time-consuming,  and it was
noisy,  and I had to take the system down to do it.  Now I just ftp to the
server and make copies of everything over there.  It's highly unlikely that
I'll see failure in both machines at the same time...

It's handy for other things,  too.  I'm not real keen on giving w98 much in
the way of resources.  So I have it set up so that stuff can be stored on
the server.  No more worries about running out of HD space.

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