Re: [Firebird-devel] WNet and XNet

[Jason D. <ja...@bb...>]

I am not sure where the confusion came in, but WNet is a far from dropped
technology from MS. This is how you enum computers in your workgroup, join a
domain, and all of the other super goodness windows networking supplies.

Of course, I cant see any perticular reason that firebird would use it
explicitly... but if it does, I think you will be hard strapped to find an
alternative for a lot of the functionality (an yes, even .NET is dependent on it).

Jason

Jim Starkey wrote:
> Dmitry Yemanov wrote:
> 
>> "Jim Starkey" <ja...@ne...> wrote:
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>>> What are the ramifications of dropping WNet in Vulcan?
>>>   
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>> I would prefer WNet to be kept, just to provide people with some choice.
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> Could you explain why?   It seems to me that reducing the size and
> complexity of the project by dropping an obsolete component using an
> obsolete protocol created and dropped by Microsoft would make a lot of
> sense, particularly since the change can be made transparent, at least
> on systems configured for TCP/IP.  Choice is well and good, but if the
> choice is always the wrong answer, do it really make sense to offer it
> as an alternative?
>