On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Jim Morris wrote: > I'll hazard a bet that if one were to examine the Netware IPX/SPX > protocol, it is nowhere nearly as convoluted and ad-hoc as the SMB > protocol, which Microsoft hodge-podged together. You really have to > step back and think about the amount of effort involved by the Samba > Team in faithfully reverse engineering and reproducing all the intricate > details of a protocol that is such a mess!
Jim, Keep in mind that NetWare can use IPX/SPX but more likely, for a number of years now is using NCP (NetWare Core Protocol) over TCP/IP. NCP is a well oiled machine compared with CIFS. However, when in Rome ... ie: If all your clients speak Swingoli it does no good to insist that Mockaputri is much better (not that I speak either of them!). - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
