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To: Spartex who wrote (24911)	1/7/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Timpanogas offers installable NetWare file system for NT By Scott Berinato, PC Week Online January 6, 1999 5:33 PM ET The Timpanogas Research Group Inc. this week introduced software for users looking to mix Windows NT and NetWare server operating system environments. The company's Fenris software will enable users to retain a Novell Inc. NetWare file system and run it on a Microsoft Corp. NT server. All NetWare file system features will be available to the NT server, including volumes, partitions, mirrors and fault tolerance. Also, the Fenris installable file system will support SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) systems, said Timpanogas officials in Orem, Utah. Extracting the file system from the network operating system and allowing it to run on either Novell (Nasdaq:NOVL) or Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) servers means users can alternatively mount an NT or NetWare file server without fear of destroying data in the transition, Timpanogas CEO Jeff Merkey said. Though Timpanogas is not pitching it as such, users can also employ Fenris as a migration tool from NetWare to Windows NT. A conversion tool is due in the same March time frame as the Fenris file system. It will enable users to perform a one-way migration of the file system from NetWare to NT File System, according to Merkey. "The reality is that it does make NT more attractive and less risky to use because you can now host both NetWare and NT on the same machine and 'dual boot' whichever one you want to use because they can now share a common file system format," Merkey said. "[This is] something customers will applaud." A similar Fenris product will ship for Linux servers. Though pricing was not available for Fenris running on NT, the Linux version will reportedly cost between $200 and $400, with a conversion utility adding $100. Microsoft, for its part, could gain much from a tool that helps users convert to NT servers, even if they run a NetWare file system. Despite Merkey's claims that Microsoft has helped with the Fenris project, Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., denies any involvement, acknowledging only that Timpanogas is an ISV supporting NT. Timpanogas, of Orem, Utah, is at www.timpanogas.com. www8.zdnet.com

To: Spartex who wrote (24911)	1/7/1999 1:47:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Respond to of 42771

Much as I love SI and what we have done to make it a success There is competition. Much of it free. But posters here are willing to pay and unwilling to go elsewhere for some reason. The level of competition isn't enough, because of us and our habits, to even cause SI to add new features which would be most useful --- such as the ability to screen out posters whose posts you never want to read. Isn't free enterprise all about making money? MSFT does studies to figure out how much us suckers are willing to pay for a bug fixed Win95, then calls it a new product and charges another $89. Don't you wish Novell could do that? Probably everyone will have to buy a new Win2000 replacement for Win98 soon because of some millennium bug that should only have an effect on a small number of users.....

To: Spartex who wrote (24911)	1/7/1999 9:53:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 42771

Tomorrow's Cover Story in Business Week Sun Power COVER IMAGE: Sun Power CHART: Sun's Big Computers Are Selling Fast TABLE: Sun's Expanding Universe PHOTO: Java Logo ''Microsoft Ought to Be Scared to Death'' What's That Glow around Sun's Stock? The Internet businessweek.com

To: Spartex who wrote (24911)	1/9/1999 3:51:00 AM
From: PJ Strifas	Respond to of 42771

Hello Quad-K, Here's something I think you will be very interested in, FREE ISP. January 7, 1999 5:02 PM PT Are free ISPs taking off? Free NetZero rockets to 200,000 subscribers -- wins attention and advertisers. By Matthew Broersma, ZDNN Does "free" sell? NetZero Inc., a free, advertising-supported Internet service provider, says it does. The company announced Thursday it has passed the 200,000 subscriber mark after 11 weeks in business. The number, while small, is unusual in the struggling market for free Internet service, which has seen almost as many failures as successes so far. for complete article -- zdnet.com I honestly beleive there will be 2 sides of the internet game, one free (like TV) and the other premium subsciption (like CableTV). Peter Strifas

To: Spartex who wrote (24911)	1/11/1999 11:15:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Respond to of 42771

Hello Quad-K, > OT: I just realized that SI now charges around $10/month for > membership fees, whereas those signing up (me included) over 1 year > ago paid a fixed $100-200 dollar one time fee. And to think that I got my membership back when things were free, just for sending a silly postcard to the owners! (It was a corny Utah postcard of a giant fish strapped to the side of a mule by the side of a lake ... one of those "You should have seen the one that got away!" postcards ...) What's really cool about the net is that if people get fed up with fees, they'll just go and create a new site! ;-) Scott C. Lemon