Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, we just have locations in the US, London, Milan, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Africa, and soon China that require connections. And only about 25 Macs, all in Carlsbad, CA. Appletalk is a proprietary protocol that only works with Macs. Why support it when it's completely unnecessary? OS 9 is out the door in a matter of months - THANK GOODNESS! They hardly are fools. On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 06:38 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: >> OS X only has Appletalk to support OS9 clients using it. And Appletalk >> is verboten on my employer's network for these very reasons. > > Your employer is living in a fool's paradise then. Appletalk over IP > has cleaned > up its network act very well. However, it is strictly a local area > protocol > since it isn't routed. > > OS X, of course, has no such limitation. It's networking is excellent. > Even > under OS9, however there were alternatives to the old and primitive of > Appletalk > that first appeared. > > Adam > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man [person] in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation." - --Herbert Spencer - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html