[V4RB] OPEN/Close trick?

[Keith DeLong]

Karen,

>> But given Ruslan's progress with Vserver and the 2.0 platform, I think
>> moving to Vserver will be your best bet today.
>> 
> But that is $ and I won't make any money off of this... it's for
> internal use at work for a project with *no* funding (i'm doing it on
> my own initiative - I bought v4rb on my own a couple of years ago too
> for hobby use) so that is not an option...

Ahh, but it's a wonderful investment in the future of V4RB ;-).
  
> What if I use a Win2K or OS9 server for the file with an OSX clients?
> Do you need to worry about file locks then from an OSX client? I assume
> also that it will work fine if uou only use Win2K and OS9 machines.

I think you're okay as long as you do not host the data on X -- but test
this to make sure. My memory is getting a little vague as it's now been
nearly a year since I've last fought this battle.
 
> I use OSX at home but at work (where this will be used ) The
> enviornment is Win32/OS9 migrating to all to all Win32 with a year or
> two.

As long as OS X is out of the picture, you're good to go with the open/close
trick.  

Keith