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FYI #052890rl
Question:
With NetWare 386 v3.1 on the horizon, I started wondering about
some of the features that 3.1 will offer end-users. I took a
look at the NetWare 386 Technical Overview over the weekend and
it started me wondering which of the pre-announced features will
be in 3.1. Here is a list of the features as presented in the
Technical Overview. If you know if they will or will not make it
into 3.1 I would appreciate your input.
Extended File System (WORMs & CD ROMs)
Backup NLM
Network Management Reporters and Agents
Open NLM C APIs
Interprocess Communications (IPC) APIs
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) APIs
Extended File System Interface
NetWare Streams
IPX/SPX Streams Protocol Stack
AFP File and Print Services NLM *
Appletalk Streams Protocol Stack *
NetBIOS
Named Pipes
Transport Level Interface (TLI)
NFS NLM *
TCP/IP Streams Protocol Stack *
Mirrored Servers *
Novell NL1000 Support
Novell NL/2 Support
The items followed by an * are NOT going to be in 3.1. But what
about the others? Is everything else going to make it (my
understanding is that all of the development platforms will be
implemented, i.e., IPC APIs, Streams, Named Pipes, NetBIOS,
etc.)?
Is there anything that will be in 3.1 that wasn't mentioned
above?
Answer:
All things are subject to change but here are a few things
that I believe will not make it into 3.1.
Extended File System
Named Pipes
As you already know the add-on protocols are just that, separate
and purchasable products. AFP, NFS, etc. It was not decided
from my last information if a limited TCP/IP stack was going to
be included or a separate product. There of course WILL be a
full TCP stack shipped with the NFS product.
Keep in mind that it is important to make sure 3.1 and its API's
are stable and bug free before we start shipping things like NFS,
and Appletalk. So it would not be unreasonable to assume 3.1 will
ship without everything available day one. One last word of
advise. Don't believe everything you read in the technical
overview. All of those capabilities will take time and
resources.
Randy Littleson - Tech Support, Detroit
Lee Love - Marketing, Herndon