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In article <37852F35.9E8FF372_at_j-mulders.demon.nl> mail_at_j-mulders.demon.nl writes:
>I think there is not *one* reason to DO or DON'T Netware. There are
>several to DON'T:
>- Netware is a file and printersharing platform.
Agreed.
> It is not designed to run a large number of processes. If one of these
>processes misbehehaves, it will take the whole Netware box down.
Before Netware 5 there was no memory protection.
>- Netware lacks a cron and a scripting language.
NOVCRON is a port of unix cron to the netware environment. Get it off their website. NETBASIC is included in Netware 4 upwards.
>If you run a large database, you probably want these things.
You'w want them anyway if you were administering an Netware network.
Philip
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