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  1. Xref: sparky comp.os.ms-windows.apps:5155 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:6453
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!slc6!trier
  3. From: trier@slc6.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
  5. Subject: Re: TCP/IP and Windows for Workgroups
  6. Date: 20 Nov 1992 22:20:55 GMT
  7. Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
  8. Lines: 16
  9. Message-ID: <1ejoc8INNqdn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  10. References: <1992Nov17.162001.14830@devildog.att.com> <BxxJ1G.4vv@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> <7nnq0_k@lynx.unm.edu>
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: slc6.ins.cwru.edu
  12.  
  13. In article <7nnq0_k@lynx.unm.edu> tkeitt@algodones.unm.edu writes:
  14. >...WHAT GOOD IS WfWG OUT OF THE BOX WITHOUT BUYING ANY OTHER SOFTWARE
  15. >FOR TCP/IP CONNECTIONS?
  16.  
  17. My impression is that its only advantages over standard Windows is that
  18. it offers peer-to-peer file and printer sharing, and the free network
  19. applications included.
  20.  
  21. Just as with standard Windows (or a Macintosh), you have to obtain TCP/IP
  22. software elsewhere.
  23.  
  24. -- 
  25. Stephen Trier                                     
  26. Network Services Engineering, IRIS/INS/Telecom    
  27. Case Western Reserve University                   
  28. trier@ins.cwru.edu
  29.