On 2/25/05 8:14 AM, "Gary W. Zuker" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> why not just use SMB?
>
> --- One reason is that AFP and SMB are not the same. Try this
> interesting experiment. On an OSX client, mount the same Windows/SFM
> based share twice. Once with AFP and once with SMB. Compare all the
> file and folder names and you'll see many are different. Lots of
> truncated names on the SMB share because of character set
> differences. Then look at the icons and associated application that
> will run when double-clicked. A great many are incorrect on the
> SMB share.
Obviously they aren't the same. But Microsoft's AFP is so old as to be
considered "broken". If you're stuck using Windows file servers, SMB is the
better choice here, unless you have an ExtremeZIP server
--
John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions
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