[WinMac] They want to disconnect the Mac's from the network....

Matti Haveri(matti.haveri[at]sjoki.uta.fi)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:55:14 +0200

Just noticed this plea for help in <news:comp.sys.mac.comm>. Below is my
initial reply.

In article <kjhZOCAD8GM9QvthKCJcvFkMiMQ6@4ax.com>,
oddmonout@arctic.mail.com wrote:

> Was asked today to help find supporting documentation for the position
> that Mac's are not to blame for unspecified 'network problems', that
> will lead to their being severed from an Ethernet WAN/LAN. WinNT
> networking & clueless administrators, a fine combination in an
> educational environment.
>
> Currently, a G3 is providing the most advanced web services for this
> institution, their relational databasing is on Mac's (6500's and
> less), and all of the Media/Graphics Depts. are Mac centric, but this
> seems to be moot in the minds of the new 'powers that be'.
>
> If anyone has any URL's contrasting various OS'es in a networked
> environment, suggestions, *anything* to forestall this idiocy, please
> reply here soonest or email this individual,
> "ssandersl-at-tccd-dot-net", directly.
>
> Your help will be appreciated
>
> oDDmON oUT
> remove the first dot in the reply to

Ask the gurus at Windows-MacOS Cooperation List FAQ:

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 ...or at Mac-NT List:

<http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/Mac-NT>

 ...So what do the gurus say about this?

[crossposted to winmac and MacNT lists - is this bad netiquette??]

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Matti Haveri <matti.haveri@sjoki.uta.fi> <http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/>






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