PC-NFS & NT

2007-12-25 8:15:00

My original questions were :

1) Has anyone got any insight into a developer/beta copy of PC-NFS for NT or

        patches to make it work ?

2) Has anyone already done this comparison ?

3) Is NT still going to port to Sun ?

Jim Dugan said he saw a working copy of PC-NFS for NT at the Interop trade show

in D.C. a few months ago. He suggested talking to Microsoft Dev. Rel.

John Howie responded with a file which can be found in ~ftp/pub/pc/win3/nt on src.doc.ic.ac.uk :

sossnt.zip 930306 A port of the SOSS NFS server program to NT

iunzip.exe 930219 NT Unzip for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)

izip.zip 930219 NT Zip for i386+ processors (Feb 1993 build)

The answer from SunSelect's Market Development Manager -Dave Rosenlund was :

Thank you for your interest in PC-NFS for Windows NT.

In response to your inquiry I am forwarding an "Early Access Questionaire,"

a copy of the joint, Microsof/SunSelect press release from early February,

and some common questions & answers on this topic. These should answer most

of your questions about PC-NFS and Windows NT.

Please note that we are still in the early phases of our development of

this product and we have not made any public statements about pricing.

Early availability is expected in late Q2 CY'93 and product quality soft-

ware in late Q3. Both dates are subject to change and heavily influenced

by Microsoft's schedule changes (if any).

Thank you for your interest and please stay tuned. If you are interested

in participating in our early-access program please be sure to complete

the attached form/questionaire.

                -Dave Rosenlund

                 Market Development Manager

                 SunSelect, A Sun Microsystems Business

                 

                 dave.rosenlund@East.Sun.COM

        

                        

        PC-NFS FOR WINDOWS/NT EARLY-ACCESS-PROGRAM QUESTIONAIRE

        

Please return to: Dave Rosenlund

                         Market Development Manager

                         SunSelect, A Sun Microsystems Business

                 

                         email: dave.rosenlund@East.Sun.COM

                           fax: 508-250-5070

         Name:

        Title:

      Address:

 Phone Number:

   FAX Number:

Email Address:

0.) Please give a brief summary of how your organization would use

    PC-NFS for Windows NT:

    

    

1.) Are you a PC (PC and/or Mac) application software developer?

    If "no" please skip to question 5.

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    If "yes" please check those that apply:

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    We develop software for the following platforms (please check

    all that apply to your company/organization):

    

        Windows 3.x [ ]

        Windows for Workgroups [ ]

        Windows NT [ ]

        DOS [ ]

        Mac [ ]

        Other (please explain):

                    

2.) Are you a UNIX application software developer as well?

    If "yes" please check those that apply:

    

            SunOS/Solaris [ ]

            HP/UX [ ]

            AIX [ ]

            Ultrix [ ]

            UnixWare [ ]

        Other (please explain):

            

3.) Would you clasify your application(s) architecture as:

        Network Aware (but not client-server) [ ]

        Client/Server [ ]

        Standalone (no network architecture) [ ] <--- skip to question

                                                            5 if you check

                                                               this box

        

4.) Please describe your "network" application briefly?

5.) In general do you plan to deploy NT as (check any that apply):

                                        1992 1993

                                

        Pilot System/Program [ ] [ ]

        

        Production Desktop Systems [ ] [ ]

        Production Server Systems [ ] [ ]

        Both DeskTop & Server [ ] [ ]

         Prodcution Systems

        

        Replacement System [ ] [ ] <-- please specify

        ( i.e. are you replacing ) system(s) NT

        ( an existing environment ) will replace

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6.) How many NT systems will you purchase in:

        1992? 1993? 1994?

        

7.) Of those how many will require PC-NFS functionality?

        1992? 1993? 1994?

        

        

        

8.) Please list the applications, category & "brand", that you will use

    on the NT platform:

    

            Category Brand(s)

            

 e.g. spreadsheet 1-2-3 & quatro pro

                

        

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Thanks to :

"Jon Mellott" <jon@alpha.ee.ufl.edu>

jmd@freedom.cwc.com (Jim Dugan)

Dave.Rosenlund@East.Sun.COM (Dave Rosenlund)

John Howie <jfc@computer-studies.napier.ac.uk>

"Jon Mellott" <jon@alpha.ee.ufl.edu>

Will update if I get more info,

Bill

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