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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: PC-NFS and Bootp
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:24:14 GMT
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- In article <1e7cuuINNe30@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> sob@TMC.EDU (Stan Barber) writes:
- >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...).
-
- Actually, I hope they DON'T implement BOOTP. It's another reason to buy
- Beame's product instead of Suns -- standards complience.
-
- (On top of the others, which include smaller size, better Windows
- integration, fuller featured, no stupid "broadcast copy protection"
- hassles, better support, etc).
-
- Oh, did I forget that last time I checked B&W was less expensive too?
-
- --
- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl)
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