Editing IBM LAN Server (section)

{{Infobox OS
| name = IBM LAN Server
| logo = IBM LAN Server logo.svg
| logo size = 96px
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| developer = {{flatlist|[[IBM]]|[[Microsoft]]}}
| family = [[OS/2]]
| working state = Discontinued
| source model = [[Proprietary software|Closed source]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1988}}
| discontinued = Yes
| latest release version = 5.1
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| marketing target = [[Local area network]]s
| programmed in = 
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| preceded by = IBM PC LAN Program
| succeeded by = 
}}
'''IBM LAN Server''' is a discontinued [[network operating system]] introduced by [[IBM|International Business Machines (IBM)]] in 1988. LAN Server started as a close cousin of [[Microsoft]]'s [[LAN Manager]] and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of [[OS/2|Operating System/2 (OS/2)]] Extended Edition.<ref name=Doyle1988>{{cite journal | last=Doyle | first=Lee | date=January 6, 1988 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/215967918/ | title=The LAN Server dilemma | journal=Computerworld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=22 | issue=1 | page=33 | via=ProQuest}}</ref> The network client was called '''IBM LAN Requester''' and was included with [[OS/2]] EE 1.1 by default.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=November 10, 1987 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A6125058/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=IBM announces ship dates for its standard, extended OS/2 editions | journal=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=4 | issue=45 | page=16 | via=Gale}}</ref> (Eventually IBM shipped other clients and supported yet more. Examples include the ''IBM OS/2 File/Print Client'', ''IBM OS/2 Peer'', and client software for [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Minasi | first=Mark | author2=Jim Blaney | author3=Chris Brenton | date=1999 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJwrAQAAMAAJ | title=The Complete Network Upgrade & Maintenance Guide | publisher=Sybex | page=620 | isbn=9780782122596 | via=Google Books}}</ref>) Here the short term ''LAN Server'' refers to the '''IBM OS/2 LAN Server''' product. There were also LAN Server products for other operating systems, notably [[AIX operating system|AIX]]<ref>{{cite journal | last=Burns | first=Christine | date=January 17, 1994 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14-IA12 | title=NCR, IBM to team on LAN Server for AIX | journal=Network World | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=11 | issue=3 | page=L1, L10 | via=Google Books}}</ref>—now called Fast Connect<ref>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=March 28, 1999 | url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_tweaks_aix_for_better_pc_interoperability_security | title=IBM Tweaks AIX for Better PC Interoperability, Security | journal=Computer Business Review | publisher=New Statesman Media Group | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111055136/https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_tweaks_aix_for_better_pc_interoperability_security | archivedate=November 11, 2022}}</ref>—and [[OS/400]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Soltis | first=Frank G. | date=2001 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ypJmzqt7JdUC | title=Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM i Series | publisher=NEWS/400 Books | page=266 | isbn=9781583040836 | via=Google Books}}</ref>