Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] does netatalk handle filelocking? (and vs. Windows NT)
From: Patrick Scott Pierce (pspierce@slacker.design.mindspring.net)
Date: Fri Oct 03 1997 - 07:02:36 EDT
Money for one. NT with all of its licensing can get super expensive.
Flexibility. Generally, you have full access to source code. Remote
administration, if my boss calls at 3:00 AM to say something is up I don't
have to put on clothes to fix it (though recommended for colder regions).
Patrick Scott Pierce
pspierce@mindspring.com
CGI Programming
Mindspring Enterprises
On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Jeff Wiegley wrote:
> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 17:57:20 -0700
> From: Jeff Wiegley <jeff@w3-design.com>
> To: netatalk@umich.edu, netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> Subject: [netatalk-admins] does netatalk handle filelocking? (and vs. Windows NT)
>
> I'm trying to pitch to my employers that linnux/netatalk is the
> way to go for solving our windows/mac filesharing problems.
>
> I've gotten netatalk up and running without too much trouble and
> I've got a meeting set to discuss using linux as the server
> operating system versus using Windows NT.
>
> Two questions I have:
>
> 1) Does netatalk support any sort of file locking mechanisms?
> using the mac server that we now use locking seems to happen
> but under my installation of netatalk on a temporary machine
> file locking doesn't seem to happen.
>
> 2) Can everyone give me some good reasons why we should use
> linux as the operating system of choice instead of
> Windows NT? I have one supervisor who is not real keen on
> using linux because NT is a well-known commercial product.
> (I say "big deal"...)
>
> any how any answer to these questions or any other topics that
> might be of interest to note about using netatalk/samba and linux
> together would be greatly appreciated.
>
> - Jeff Wiegley
>
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