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Specific Q&A's targeted for LanManager Customers
1. Is HP changing it's commitment to LanManager?
Not at all. HP is continuing to make investments in providing
LanManager based solutions to it's customers. HP supports the top PC
NOS's in the industry and LanManager is one of those. HP's strategy is
to partner with the industry leaders to provide the best solutions to
our customers.
On the HP9000, in Spring, 1992, we will be delivering LM/X server which
supports Microsoft LanManager 2.1 clients as well as allow file
locking/sharing between DOS and Apple MAC clients. We have partnered
with Pacer Software to provide Apple MAC client connectivity to our
LM/X server. Additionally, we have plans to provide LanManager 2.x
server capabilities by the end of 1992. We have just completed
extensive performance benchmarking on the S8x7 systems and the results
look great! A copy of the performance information can be obtained from
the GSY Hotline under the subject "LMX8X7".
Our HP3000 solution consists of LanManager Named Pipes for client
server application development and Resource Sharing/XL for file and
print sharing. We are continuing to support the current versions of
Microsoft's clients to access our servers. For potential new
customers, you should utilize the consultative approach to determine
the solution that best meets your customers' needs.
The marketplace did not respond as quickly as analysts/Microsoft would
have liked, therefore LanManager is not the leading PC NOS, but is
among the leaders in the industry. Microsoft is committed to
LanManager and continues to invest in it. HP believes that LanManager
is an integral part of our client/server offering and is therefore
continuing to invest to enhance LanManager.
2. When should customers buy LanManager vs Netware?
HP's goal is to make as many system server sales as possible. With the
offering of the top PC NOS's we want to allow the customer to choose.
We have established the following key criteria:
The application may dictate the NOS - if an application only runs on
one network and that application is mandatory, then the network choice
is made.
The network is already installed and the user is happy - by offering
the choice PC NOS, HP will work with the customer to add the new
capability he/she is looking for to the existing network. If the
installed network is MS-NET, then migration to LanManager is the
obvious choice.
There is no network currently installed - if the customer is undecided
and there is no network constraints imposed by the application being
considered and enterprise wide networking is thought to be an important
capability, then a TCP/IP based network should be recommended. Today,
LanManager is the only native TCP/IP implementation HP offers. Novell
will be shipping NetWare with v3.11 (386) and has announced intentions
to support it on Portable Netware in the future. At this time,
LanManager is the better enterprise wide TCP/IP solution.
If a system sale is not involved, then the customer should be sent to a
Vectra dealer, that is, is the network is a PC only network.
3. What new features will be available in the upcoming release of
LM/X?
The next release of LanManager (internal name release C) will include
support of LanManager 2.1 clients and file locking to allow MAC and DOS
clients to share files. This release will be available Spring 1992.
An exact date will be communicated once we complete the checkpoint
meeting scheduled for mid-January, 1992.
The LM/X 2.0 release is targeted for the end of 1992. It will include
all functionality included in Microsoft's LanManager 2.0. More detail
will be published on the hotline.
4. What is HP's relationship with Microsoft?
HP did the initial implementation of LanManager on a UNIX platform for
Microsoft. This version and a follow-on upgrade release were delivered
to Microsoft for licensing to the rest of the industry. HP has an OEM
relationship with Microsoft which means that HP licenses the core
LanManager technology from Microsoft and completes the port to the HP-
UX platform. This allows HP to minimize its investment in core
LanManager technology and maximize investment in adding value to this
core technology.