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Novell To Cease NetWare Development?

Posted by simoniker on from the evolution-means-retirement dept.

Karl Cocknozzle writes "CNET News is reporting that Novell may discontinue NetWare following the purchase of Linux software company Ximian - for details on the purchase, see the recent Slashdot article. Novell plans to run its NetWare services - such as eDirectory and Secure Identity Management - on the Red Hat and SuSE Linux distributions."

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  1. Jumpin' on the bandwagon by millisa · · Score: 4, Funny

    The company name 'Scovell' *does* have a certain ring to it.

    1. Re:Jumpin' on the bandwagon by Bush+Pig · · Score: 2, Funny

      It sounds more like something nasty you'd catch off a toilet seat.

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  2. So does... by soliaus · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...this mean they will be SCO's next target?

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  3. Re:Already predicted by Valar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow. Way to double max out your moderation (and your karma)! Good going ;)

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  4. Re:Not what an employee told me by Dri · · Score: 3, Funny

    It use to be the other way around. Employees want open source software and management spell death.

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  5. Re:Let's hope their quality doesn't die by Shriek · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's what happens when your systems are behind a real firewall!

  6. Re:i feel justified by b17bmbr · · Score: 2, Funny

    it is william s. hart district in southern californa. at least you got the guy to let you play with linux. i run linux on my laptop, and our tech comes into my room once (about 2 years ago), and sees me accessig the internet from my linux laptop, and asks how, since "novell doesn't support linux." i tell him it's just tcp/ip, and he gives me a blank look. arghhhhh. i later brought my P3 in to run my old laptop as an X client, and set up a few old P120's to run X off it as well. i demo'd it to the district tech dept. head and our principal because we have tons of old hardware that sits. she, the principal, was positive, he was not. his comment was "oh yeah, all those hackers love linux". arghhhh.

    also, our grade/attendance program, SASI, which btw, is a POS, runs nicely under wine. they were baffled. i can mount all my novell shares using ncpmount and run the stuff fine. you made some progress. keep it up.

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  7. Re:Let's Hope this Attitude Lasts by WoTG · · Score: 4, Funny
    Well, I'm sure for the right price, Novell would be willing to support just about anything. Doesn't stop them from effectively pushing everyone to upgrade...

    Dear IT manager,

    Renewing your current support contract for your Netware 5 licenses for 12 months will cost $1,000,000. Alternatively, you can upgrade to Netware 7 Linux for $25,000.

    Please contact your sales associate when you are ready purchase your upgrade.

    Sincerely,

    Novell Licensing
  8. Re:Frankly my dear by minus9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The only place Netware is still installed is in already existing places,"

    As opposed to non-existing places?

    I hope Netware isn't dead, my 17000 users will be most annoyed if their data is gone. Wait here I'll go and check.

  9. Re:Frankly my dear by Nogami_Saeko · · Score: 3, Funny

    For all of it's faults, I'd absolutely LOVE if we had Outlook installed at work...

    That's how bad Lotus Notes is...

    N.

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