LEE ARONER wrote in a message to JOHN HENTSCH:
JH> The machine names aren't the same but I haven't ran across a workgroup
  > setting. Is that a Microsoft term?
 LA>    A workgroup is the smaller version of a domain.
 LA>    WfWG, NT and OS/2 are all based on the same SMB
 LA> networking code.     Workgroup and domain names are
 LA> essentially interchangable across     all three products.
The critical difference is that workgroups are flat and non-distributed, 
while domains are hierarchical and can be distributed.  They serve the same 
general functions, however, and can be thought of similarly.
 
-- Mike
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