On 26 Oct 96 10:56am, Mike Bilow wrote to George Fliger:
 MB> George Fliger wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 GF> There are other commercial endeavors out there using Netware
 GF> for OS/2 but I won't increase the bandwidth or bore you with
 GF> details.  My point was simply that it is being used, just
 GF> not widely and not well known.
 MB> I appeciate your point.  I think, however, that NetWare for
 MB> OS/2 has outlived its practical usefulness.  I am not even sure
 MB> if you can still buy it.
It is still available but has to be asked for specifically.
 MB> There were several reasons why NetWare for OS/2 has a
 MB> following.  First, it allowed the NetWare server program to
 MB> take advantage of OS/2 virtual memory management, overcoming
 MB> one of the main deficiencies in the NetWare design. Second, it
 MB> allowed running sophisticated server-side processes, such as
 MB> database servers, without having to implement them as NLMs.
 MB> NetWare for OS/2 did have severe shortcomings.  In
 MB> particularly, NetWare could not use OS/2 file systems for its
 MB> own purposes, but had to operate over its own partition and
 MB> volumes as in a standard NetWare file server.  For an OS/2
 MB> process on the same machine to get access to the NetWare file
 MB> server storage space, it had to log in as a client.
Good points.  Believe it or not it has been recommended as the
configuration of choice for those starting their CNE studies of Netware
4 since it allows the student to utilize one machine for both server and
client.  Very economical materials solution for the student.
I haven't gone through the Netware 4 CD to find out but one of my Study
Guides mentions the fact that Netware for OS/2 is included on the
Netware 4 CD.  I don't recall this being the case in previous issuances
of the NW4 CD.  I have a recent copy so I'm going to check into this to
verify the validity of the Guide's statement.
Ciao!
George
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