Subject: Re: [comments, OT] Netatalk/samba (was Hello List)
From: Harry Zink/Netatalk List (netatalk@fizbin.com)
Date: Thu Mar 16 2000 - 15:51:59 EST
on 3/16/00 10:44 AM, Chip Mefford at cmefford@avwashington.com wrote:
> MacOSX Server has server capabilities, near as I can tell, they
> are ASIP running under MacOS emulation, and a samba port.
ASIP under emulation sucks in terms of performance... emulation sucks your
resources dry. Running ASIP under that would seem to be futile.
> MacOS X is not going to obsolete the installed base of MacOS-8x/9 machines
> anytime real soon. Mac folks seem pretty addicted to the chooser, and
> some of them get real cranky if they can't use it.
Agreed, and if Apple's plans for OS/X continue to NOT include a true Finder,
I see a lot less folks welcoming it that Apple/Jobs wants us to. Face it,
the NeXT gui was the LEAST revolutionary part of the NeXT infrastructure...
Harry
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