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Article #8520Re: Gatorbox vs. Fastpath 4: which is better?
From: Jeffrey M White
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 03:03
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 03:03
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In article <4163@cayman.COM> chris@cayman.COM (Chris North) writes:
>>
>> The software that implements the AppleShare - NFS function has been
>> unbundled (as of this summer sometime). I suspect the prices you
>> are comparing do not include the cost of this software. I don't have
>> a recent price list in front of me; I recall it to be about $1800.
>
> Yes, the GatorBox software has been unbundled. You can now buy a vanilla
>GatorBox with the GatorSystem software for $2795. This has essentially the
>same functionality as a Fastpath. In addition to that you can purchase the
>GatorShare software which enables you to mount NFS volumes as Appleshare
>volumes for $1995.
Maybe it's me, but I'm confused about the prices given. It seems from
the followup given here (from someone at Cayman) that a Gatorbox with the
NFS software is now $2795+$1995 = $4790. Is this right!!! I thought
before the unbundling the price was in the $3000-$3500. This is a big
jump. Neither of the numbers given seem to have anything to do with the
original poster's $1800 price. What's the scoop?
Jeff White
University of Pennsylvania
jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
PS - I don't want to start any arguements on whether commercail postings
belong here, but since there aren't that many gateways available, and
a lot of the people in comp.protocols.appletalk seem pretty interested
in term, I wouldn't mind seeing more postings directly from Kinetics
(oops, that's Novell now) or Cayman, describing any new features,
current prices, upgrade info (Phase II, for example). I don't always
have access to a MacWeek to get the latest information, and I think
info right from the sources would cut down on some of the postings and
subsequent followups from people looking for such information.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!tank!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!jeff From: jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Gatorbox vs. Fastpath 4: which is better? Message-ID: <17415@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 29 Nov 89 03:03:40 GMT References: <29508@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <5456@ncar.ucar.edu> <4163@cayman.COM> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Jeffrey M White) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 33