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I was a Netware admin (among many hats at my previous employer, AS/400
included) so I have nothing against Netware, but don't forget about Vines
from Banyan - it was light years ahead of its' competition...

Chuck

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I misspoke - OS/2 is the Betamax of desktop operating systems, NetWare is
the Betamax of server operating systems.

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:50:13 -0400, michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
> As OS/2 is the Betamax of server operating systems. 
> 
> Technology doesn't win anymore - marketing wins.
> 
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:00:28 -0500, "Joe Pluta"
> <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > > From: michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 
> > > It will run on AS/400, but you need a real web server - Apache.
> > 
> > I don't want to start a war here, so I'll just post this as one man's
> > opinion, but the classic HTTP server was built on the CERN design, and
> > for pretty much most of its life was faster and easier to maintain than
> > Apache.
> > 
> > However the best technical solution doesn't always survive the rigors of
> > public demand, and so Apache is now the de facto standard.
> > 
> > Think of the classic server as the Betamax of HTTP servers <smile>.
> > 
> > Joe
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