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SubjectRe: netbeui for linux?
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, pennywis wrote:
> hey, i've been working a bit with LLC and NetBeui (aka NetBios frames
> protocol) lately. i figure that as long as i'm up to date and intelligable
> on the protocols i might as well try to give something back to the
> community.. my question is, would there be a general interest in
> implementing/supporting NetBeui for linux? (all uglyness/sloth of netbeui
> aside, it would make for better compatability in windows environments).
Although many people might cry no!, it certainly is a good idea. I have
seen a bank strugling with a closed "unix"-like proprietery box, only
talking netbeui. To unclose such a box needs at least windows. So any work
for netbeui would certainly not be a waste of time. I'm also thinking
about a lot of os/2 lanman systems that talk netbeui. It unfortanetely is
not a protocol that we can dismiss like a bad joke. I would have hoped
that someone already saw the "light" and that netbeui support already was
there.

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