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From: Paul Ayling
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 00:00

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Hi - Can anybody commment on this scenario:

I've just upgraded my Windows 95 peer to peer network of 6 computers to
Novell 3.12. Or rather my supplier has done so. That was about 4 weeks ago.
All is going fine, but I found out only last Friday that NetWare 4.1 has
been around for about 18 months. And its cheaper.

Warning bells are beginning to sound. My supplier never told me there was
an option. What's more, as we plan to get involved with the Internet, it
seems that I would love to upgrade to IntraNetware - but can't.

My supplier tells me that they didn't recommend 4.1 because the server
hardware they had pigeonholed for the task (an old 66Mhz 486) wasn't up to
the job. Yet according to Novell's web site, this isn't true. For the
record, it is a 
486/66 with 32Mb RAM, and sports a mirrored pair of 2GB SCSI hard disk 
drives. (Comments here would be especially welcome.)

Generally, can anybody see the rationale for a company new to the world of
Novell networking starting off with 3.12 in September 1996?

All comments would be very gratefully received.

Paul Ayling
Writing Machine, Winchester, Hants, UK

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From: "Paul Ayling" <mabm07@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: 3.12 or 4.11? Comments invited!
Date: 1996/10/16
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