IBM LAN Server
Appearance
CARAS DE POPO
Version history
- 1.0 - 1988 - for OS/2 EE 1.0
- 1.2 - 1990 - for OS/2 EE 1.2
- 1.3 - 1991 - for OS/2 EE 1.3
- 2.0 - 1992 - related to LAN Manager 2.0
- 3.0 - 1993 - Entry / Advanced (no LAN Manager "cousin" from here on)
- 4.0 - 1994 - Entry / Advanced - new OO user interface
- 5.0 - 1996 - included in OS/2 Warp Server
- 5.1 - 1999 - included in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business
Predecessors included IBM PC LAN Program (PCLP). Variants included LAN Server Ultimedia (optimized for network delivery of multimedia files) and Workplace On-Demand. Add-ons included Directory and Security Server, Print Services Facility/2 (later known as Advanced Printing), Novell NetWare for OS/2, and LAN Server for Macintosh.
Innovations
LAN Server pioneered certain file/print sharing concepts such as domains (and domain controllers), networked COM ports, domain aliases, and automatic printer driver selection and installation.