Subj : Re: Windows for Workgroups Networking
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : hollowone
Date : Wed Dec 13 2023 13:26:55

 pF> I had a tech support team who had their own workgroup server and were
 pF> all running WfW 3.11, we needed the built-in networking stack. What I
 pF> didn't realize until I visited with them one day was that they had
 pF> turned on every feature in WfW, and it was pretty impressive. They had a
 pF> shared calendar, their own Microsoft mail post-office for
 pF> inter-department mail, file and print sharing and messaging set up.

Yep, and it continued through the NT era and Windows Server and even now in the cloud. If you can go all Microsoft then internally it's super consistent and works just fine. problems start when you mix clouds or solutions that are not native to MSFT. A perfect vendor lock that is way too expensive for family business to fully enjoy (although MSFT still tries to segment its offering to that market).. way too.. narrow for enterprises (although MSFT is the new IBM of products) and the sweat point is.. in Small and Medium Businesses that get the enterprise feeling without unnecessary burden and over paying.

-h1

.... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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