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Microsoft Claims 3.3 million NetWare Migration Win

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the working-the-numbers dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "For the second year in a row, Microsoft has waited for Novell's annual BrainShare show to start before claiming a huge customer migration win off NetWare and onto Windows. According to this article Microsoft says that there were more than 1.8 million successful commercial sector migrations in 2005 alone, and a total of 3.3 million customers migrated over the past two years. It has also launched a new program to lure customers in the education and state and local government sectors off NetWare and onto Windows." Novell's comments are enlightening about where they see themselves within the market.

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  1. You know you're old when... by mcgroarty · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first one of you Windows 2000 babies to say "What's Netware?" gets smacked with my walker.

    1. Re:You know you're old when... by b1t+r0t · · Score: 2, Funny
      The first one of you Windows 2000 babies to say "What's Netware?" gets smacked with my walker.

      And keep off our lawns!

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    2. Re:You know you're old when... by kaszeta · · Score: 4, Funny
      "What's Netware?"

      It's what we upgraded to from Banyan VINES.

    3. Re:You know you're old when... by slaker · · Score: 4, Funny

      Once, on a cold and lonely contract, I was forced to migrate some poor enterprise from Windows 2000 + NDS to VINES. I think I'm going to hell for that.

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  2. Microsoft bashes Netware during brainshare by GundamFan · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news water is wet, fire is hot and rocks are hard. Our sources predict that soon Microoft will trash linux, stay tuned....

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