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- From: sob@TMC.EDU (Stan Barber)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
- Subject: Re: PC-NFS and Bootp
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 05:52:30 GMT
- Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
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- In article <1db96aINN4b4@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> geoff@tyger.Eng.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes:
- >Our current thinking (*not* committed product plans, please note!) is
- >that we'll skip BOOTP and adopt DHCP, which is a much more complete
- >solution.
-
- Geoff, I think this is a mistake. BOOTP is now quite widely used and you
- can leverage off of this installed base instead of forcing people to have
- to implement another protocol to support PC-NFS. Consider all the people who
- have bunches of X terminals (Yes, I know... it may be sacriledge to believe
- in X terminals...).
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- Barber Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine
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