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- Subject: Re: Novell vs. Lan Manager, which one do I choose?
- Message-ID: <92322.134203RBYAML@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
- From: Aengus Lawlor <RBYAML@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:42:03 EST
- References: <74315@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1992Nov11.161314.3615@novell.com><1992Nov12.132051.8471@uk03.bull.co.uk>
- Organization: Rohm and Haas Company
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- In article <1992Nov12.132051.8471@uk03.bull.co.uk>, pmoore@hemel.bull.co.uk
- (Paul Moore) says:
- >
- >>In article <74315@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt2768b@prism.gatech.EDU (JENGLUNG LIN)
- >writes:
- >>>Our department has a need to purchase a seperate network in addition to
- >>>existing Novell IPX/NETX.
- >>>
- >>>Can anyone tell me about the pro and cons of purchasing another Novell or
- >>>switching to Microsoft Lang Manager?
- >>>
- >>>Thanks in advance.
- >
- >My answer is dont touch LAN manager. It big slow complex hard to install on
- >a PC , big on the PC, not so well supported by 3rd parties ....
- >WHereas Novell is big fast complex to install easy to install on a PC, small
- >on the PC and well supported ..
- I support a PathWorks network (LanMan over DECnet) and I have experience with
- NetWare. The answer to your question will depend very much on your needs, but
- I will suggest that LanMan is built on top of NDIS, and if you're interested
- running Multiple network protocols on your PC, NDIS has much broader 3rd
- party support than Novells ODI. (This may change, but WFW may maintain this
- advantage for NDIS).
-
- One significant difference between LanMan and Novell is that LanMan is
- much more peer-to-peer oriented. Novell sell server software, and give the
- client away free (more or less). I can use public resources such as printers
- or public directories on a PathWorks network without actually logging in,
- and I can use several different password protected services at the same time
- if I need to. I can arrange things so that I can login to the network, and
- use those services I have been given access to. Note, I said login to the
- network, not login to a server, which is what you must do with Novell.
-
- But none of the above matters if NetWare provides services that you require
- that LanMan doesn't. But only you can make that judgement.
- >
- >My opinions - not my company's
-
- Aengus
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- RBYAML@ROHMHAAS.COM Aengus Lawlor
- ALAWLOR@EJOVAX.ENET.DEC.COM (who used to be ALAWLOR@DIT.IE)
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