Steven, Just the be more precise. NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
They code it in NetBIOS so it works over IPX, TCP/IP, NETBEUI whatever crap is laying around. Hey isn't that a really old version of MYOB you have there?.. I think I've found another excuse for you to pay money? Commercial non-plug... Luke -----Original Message----- From: Steven Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 7 January 2002 6:52 PM To: 'Luke McKee' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [SLUG] Linux not suitable as a fileserver for MYOB ??? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The workstations use MYOB Premier 5.0.2 (atleast, they get update notices via email and download the patches over the web). The workstations have been told to use TCP/IP as the communications method. Not enough money, sorry, maybe these features/bugs are fixed in MYOB Accountants office, maybe? If i had enough time to code a linux-based myob solution, i would think about it ... Cheers, Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Luke McKee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 7 January 2002 4:26 PM > To: Steven Evans > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [SLUG] Linux not suitable as a fileserver for MYOB ??? > > > > >Very unstable format to store data, imho. > > No it's commercial marketing. They want you to buy the > commercial Premiere > edition where only one user locks the file and shares it through a > proprietary NETBIOS protocol? So how much money have you got > to solve this > problem? > > This is not a plug for MYOB :-) > > Luke > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 7 January 2002 1:50 PM > To: 'Michael Sztachanski' > Cc: 'Grant Parnell'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SLUG] Linux not suitable as a fileserver for MYOB ??? > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.1 iQA/AwUBPDlTixMcfLgR5MndEQKtVQCePbkth2FhB3T3H6ePlfgpntGU2XMAoIAi h68JW9b2oJYyRV6+MkjQ0pMs =gRPI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
