At 01:29 PM 3/22/2002, you wrote: >Paul Jacobs wrote: > > > Yea, I hear you.. were you using 3.12 or 4.xx novel ?. > >Don't remember, sorry. > > > I worked on a similar system with 3,500 users at solar turbines in san > > diego and it was a hellish nightmare, the IPX/SPX protocol from microsoft > > worked better than the one from novell, but company policy was to install > > the novell client... > >We had to use Novell; we had too many DOS machines. We started the >transition from DOS to Windows while I was there; in fact I was very >influential in the decision... > >One month, while the IT VP was out of town, the IT manager gave me a >high-powered (for it's day) system, and a 21" monitor, and we replaced >to DOS-based computers and one DEC terminal on my desk with one system >running Windows 3.1, running multiple DOS-sessions and one DEC >telnet-type session. One DOS system was for development, one was for >testing programs against huge data files, and the DEC Vax was for simply >checking stuff in and out of CVS; at the time there wasn't a good CVS >repository for DOS. > >The Windows box worked very well, though when the implementation was >rolled out, it was first for new hires, saving us about $10,000 per new >hire. Using 17" monitors for them of course, though I was lucky enough >to keep my 21" monitor through my tenure. > >Jeff >-- >Jeff Lasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Linux and Cobalt/Sun/RaQ Consulting >nobaloney.net >P. O. Box 52672, Riverside, CA 92517 >voice: (909) 778-9980 * fax: (702) 548-9484
hehehehehe.... Very cool man! >_______________________________________________ >cobalt-security mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security Paul Jacobs /Senior Network Eng. Yourwebcentral.com "Host ANY website " http://www.yourwebcentral.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
