CompuServe Messages

I don't really see the need for Commodore to plug into Novell, since you're going to run into bigger problems just getting Amigas through the door in those PC places. Besides….who says that Commodore needs to push this? If there is a lot of money to be made at that, then a third party company should come forward and do it. In what I've seen at work, the only tricky thing is setting up drops on our Ethernet network. You have to use a special tool to drill the cable and you have to be careful when using it, because if you break the cable you've got big problems. To avoid that, we use Cheapernet, which is much easier to use, and as the name implies, much cheaper. The only thing we really have to watch out for on our networks are people that think they know what they're doing, when they really don't. These sorts break the net connections when installing new cable during regular hours (not after hours), use duplicate addresses, and/or hog the net by shooting packets at near network capacity. It's easy to find these sorts of things, but somewhat harder to convince people that they're doing something wrong. I've always thought part of a network manager's job was to be an enforcer. 🙂