RE: Secure Internet Connection via MS SNA Server

I had not heard anyone (except now, you) say Novell/Banyan multitasked
better than NT. What gives you that impression?

I can see one situation where this could be the impression:
Company/department ABC has a small LAN and installs NT Server on a cool new
expensive fast Pentium II with lots of memory. Now ABC hires a new person
and the owner/manager, still reeling from the cost of the server, says,
"Hey, why should I buy another PC for this person, tell him to use that NT
box over there!" The good/bad part of this is that this actually works,
sorta. The person sitting at the server can have a huge impact on the
performance of the "server" portion of the machine. With NetWare, and I
think Banyan, the server is the server is the server, I can't use it as a
client. With NT's ability to act as a client and a server the two often get
intermingled to the detriment of the server.

-Walden

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net
> [mailto:mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net]On Behalf Of
> DAsmussen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 5:51 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Secure Internet Connection via MS SNA Server
>
>
> Walden,
>
> In a message dated 98-01-19 19:21:30 EST, you write:
>
> > I'm not one to defend Micro$oft, but... NT Server 4.0 on a stable
hardware
> >  platform running server applications runs quite nicely. I admit that it
is
> >  NOT an AS/400, but it holds its own.
> <<snip>>
>
> But how does this compare to a NetWare or Banyan installation?  It's my
> understanding that NT doesn't handle multi-tasking as well as these
> products...
>
> TIA,
>
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
>
> "A warm smile is the universal language of kindness." -- William Arthur
Ward
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