[comp.dcom.lans] PC Network Software?

currie@alumni.Colorado.EDU (Andrew Currie) (12/12/90)

   Looking for recommendations for PC network software. 
This application will probably not require a file server - the 
communications will be peer-to-peer. Any comments regarding 
performance, reliability, cost, and pointers to published benchmarks 
would be helpful.  

   We'll be developing custom software and would like any comments on 
good development environments for network-based applications. 
Is it true that applications written using NetBios are really portable?

thanks,
andrew <currie@boulder.colorado.edu>