Re: tlug: Caldera NetWare for Linux

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Jonathan Byrne - 3Web wrote:

> On news.com today, I read an article that said Caldera is releasing
> NetWare for Linux 1.0, which supplies NetWare file, print, and
> directory services under Linux.  But doesn't Linux already do all that
> stuff with Open Source?

There's a package called 'mars-nwe' that comes with some distributions,
including TurboLinux, that attempts to do it, yes.  But, having tried it
myself, it doesn't do it very WELL.

Netware stuff is old news, though, mostly.  I doubt that many people are
still installing new netware IPX networks...

> 
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> Jonathan Byrne
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