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In article <1992Apr8.021216.21124@news2.cis.umn.edu> wisdom@leghorn.cs.umn.edu (Scott Wisdom) writes:
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>Are you suggesting that NeXTs are harder to integrate into mixed networks than  
>Macs? NeXTs come with (STANDARD!) ethernet + TCP/IP + NFS + RPC + etc + etc. It  
>all works very well (even with NetInfo). Macs come with what? A serial port and  
>appletalk? How is that going to get a Mac connected to a network of suns and  
>HPs or any other popular workstation? Many Macs can't even be expanded to add  
>ethernet. I think that NeXT wins over Mac in the networkability arena hands  
>down (especialy with 3.0 - system 7 networking will be nothing compared to 3.0  
>networking).

3.0 is not yet out. I was thinking more in terms of micros, but at a "higher"
level, I do think that Mac's are easier to integrate. Since we are at that
level take a Mac with A/UX 3.0. Ethernet is standard on a Quadra and Ethernet
boards are inexpensive for the rest. Even an SE/30 can use a SCSI ethernet
connection.

Moreover I don't see anything like remote Appletalk for the NeXT. I'm not
saying the Mac is nicer. I prefer the NeXT. I do wonder, though, is the NeXT
is a personal computer. Also, colour is more or less standard on most Mac's.
 
philip
philip@utstat.toronto.edu