I think the biggest problem for Novell is 'free' Linux, because it's free... This means that new people entering into the NOS arena start by using Linux and grow with it. When you're familiar with something that works you tend to continue.
Now I'm not knocking Linux, I'm just saying that the war for mind-share is being lost due to cost-per-user licensing, not NOS superiority. We use NetWare for our web services (Java based) and we find it much easier to manage and extremely stable. In this environment cost-per-user is not an issue, though we did have to purchase the software. Reduced management costs have more than made up for the cost!
We need diversity in operating systems, and meaningful competition. Apple is still around folks, and Novell will be too.
(By the way, I think Active Directory is very limited and if you understood NDS better your opinion might change! Novell has a great story here that needs to be more widely understood!)
Microsoft has always been good at marketing, but reality is what we need to focus on, not spin and selective comparisons. One size does NOT fit all.
I hope Novell, Linux (all flavors) and Microsoft are around for a long time.
Nobody's perfect. Not even Linux. So??
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I think the biggest problem for Novell is 'free' Linux, because it's free... This means that new people entering into the NOS arena start by using Linux and grow with it. When you're familiar with something that works you tend to continue. Now I'm not knocking Linux, I'm just saying that the war for mind-share is being lost due to cost-per-user licensing, not NOS superiority. We use NetWare for our web services (Java based) and we find it much easier to manage and extremely stable. In this environment cost-per-user is not an issue, though we did have to purchase the software. Reduced management costs have more than made up for the cost! We need diversity in operating systems, and meaningful competition. Apple is still around folks, and Novell will be too. (By the way, I think Active Directory is very limited and if you understood NDS better your opinion might change! Novell has a great story here that needs to be more widely understood!) Microsoft has always been good at marketing, but reality is what we need to focus on, not spin and selective comparisons. One size does NOT fit all. I hope Novell, Linux (all flavors) and Microsoft are around for a long time. Nobody's perfect. Not even Linux. So??