At 10:03 PM 2/6/95 -0500, Joseph Berry wrote:
>In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] (Jerry Bostick)
>writes:
>
>
>>(distributed computing environment) port to the 3k.  DCE
>>includes the Andrew file system and Kerberos security.
>
>I hate to be a stickler for accuracy but DCE includes DFS (the Distributed
>File System) which, although it is derived from AFS, is quite different
>from AFS.
>
>Joe
>
 
I would have said the same thing...good point - DFS is not AFS, although
they both rely on kerberos authentication schemes.
 
The spec for DCE includes much more than what will be offered by HP.  I
believe only RPC (remote procedure calls) and threads programming will be
supported on the initial release between an HP9000 and HP3000.
 
Check out the last teleconference work book on DCE.  Maybe a follow up from
HP would be nice? and how to get my hands on any DCE documentation?
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