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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: LM and OS2 2.0 ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.174616.6973@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:46:16 GMT
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- In article <euN8RB1w165w@gnct.com> garyng@gnct.com (garyng) writes:
- >Is it true that Lan Manager(From MS) cannot run under OS2 2.0 as server ?
- >If it is, does anyone know if there will be any chance that it will be changed
- >in the future ?
-
- That is correct. If it does, it is not official supported.
-
- I doubt Microsoft will change that stance, unless market pressures
- dictate otherwise. They seem intent on trying to move people to NT
- once that becomes available (and it may be a wait).
-
- The obvious upgrade path seems to be to IBM's LAN Server 3.0. But
- nothing is painless when it comes to LANs. (Hint to IBM: buy the LAN
- Manager mailing list, and offer attractive upgrade deals.)
-
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