schlebbe@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Heribert Schlebbe) (04/24/91)
We heard that the NFS software of Beame & Whiteside (BW-NFS) seems to be cheaper than the PC-NFS product of Sun Microsystems. In particular, B&W apparently provides better license agreements for universities than Sun Microsystems does (single license only for PC-NFS). Can anybody mail us the Fax number of Beame & Whiteside or of a vendor of BW-NFS? Thanks in advance Heribert Schlebbe ============================================================================== Heribert Schlebbe E-Mail: Institut fuer Informatik schlebbe@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de Universitaet Stuttgart Breitwiesenstrasse 20/22 Phone: D-7000 Stuttgart 80 / Germany (0711) 7816-366 ==============================================================================
petersja@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (james peterson) (04/25/91)
In article <10146@ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> schlebbe@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Heribert Schlebbe) writes: >We heard that the NFS software of Beame & Whiteside (BW-NFS) seems to be cheaper >than the PC-NFS product of Sun Microsystems. In particular, B&W apparently >provides better license agreements for universities than Sun Microsystems does >(single license only for PC-NFS). I realize University prices for the original copies of PCNFS are not cheap, but updates are peanuts. We updated our whole campus to 3.5 for $140. A word of caution; beware of PCNFS 3.5 and Windows 3.0 with a 3C501... This is a very buggy combination. -- james lee peterson petersja@CS.ColoState.edu dept. of computer science colorado state university "Some ignorance is invincible." ft. collins, colorado (voice:303/491-7137; fax:303/491-2293)
ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) (04/25/91)
In article <10146@ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> schlebbe@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Heribert Schlebbe) writes: >Can anybody mail us the Fax number of Beame & Whiteside or of a vendor of >BW-NFS? Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd. P. O. Box 8130 Dundas, Ontario, Canada L9H 5E7 Fax/Voice (416) 648-6556 -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Ajay Shah, (213)734-3930, ajayshah@usc.edu The more things change, the more they stay insane. _______________________________________________________________________________
dale@cec2.wustl.edu (Dale Frye) (04/26/91)
In article <14503@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> petersja@debussy.cs.colostate.edu (james peterson) writes: >In article <10146@ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> schlebbe@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Heribert Schlebbe) writes: >>We heard that the NFS software of Beame & Whiteside (BW-NFS) seems to be cheaper >>than the PC-NFS product of Sun Microsystems. In particular, B&W apparently >>provides better license agreements for universities than Sun Microsystems does >>(single license only for PC-NFS). > >I realize University prices for the original copies of PCNFS are not cheap, >but updates are peanuts. We updated our whole campus to 3.5 for $140. I just ordered the update for BEAME & WHITESIDE for our entire lab. $20 (plus shipping). The new version INCLUDES a WINDOWS 3.0 NETWORK DRIVER!! Site licenses are available and ARE NOT SERIALIZED. I have ONE DISK that INSTALLS NFS on ANY MACHINE. If someone screws up a machine. I or a technician simply boot this disk and it does the rest. (Even sets the correct IP address automatically!). With PC-NFS I would have to have to have a different install disk for every machine. YUK! Trying to maintain all of that would be a nightmare. The people I talk to who use PC-NFS aren't using it in a student lab OPEN 24 HOURS a day to anyone that walks in. People screw up machines at least several times a week usually trying to install their own software (everybody has their favorite WP) or trying to defeat security. Also B&W has better security. With PC-NFS a DOS user (ANY USER!) can go anywhere on the net. B&W allows me to control which NFS servers may be mounted. Example: wuarchive may be mounted anonymously. We don't want the DOS machines to mount it because of the increased traffic (in the lab and net). BTW their phone and fax number is (416)648-6556 Dale Frye Washington University in St. Louis dale@cec2.wustl.edu