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To: Bob Drzyzgula who wrote (33454)	11/9/1999 2:50:00 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Bob; Frankenbug, who used to head novel, who used to control, what 70-80 percent of the network market says: The former chief executive of Novell Inc (NOVL: news, msgs), Frankenberg headed the Microsoft (MSFT: news, msgs)competitor in the early 1990s when it made software called DR-DOS, aimed at challenging Microsoft's operating software. But DR-DOS couldn't cut it, and disappeared from the market. Frankenberg believes DR-DOS was driven out by a ruthless Bill Gates. Might I suggest that Novel lost its market because it was charging $5,000 for something unstable which required constant "novel certified engineers" at $150 per. When you could replace the whole thing for about $500 (at the time, now $250) and a help screen. Didn't novel buy unix too, from ATT. Unix is still around. Duke

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