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To: Jim McCormack who wrote (21752)	4/21/1998 11:49:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (1) of 42771

Hello Jim, > HP Integrates LDAP from Netscape - Snubs NDS Gosh ... I almost thought that you had decided to actually quote the announcement. I was glad to see that the bulk of your post was simply some misguided perception and understanding of directories! ;-) > NDS takes a hit as HP gos for the "Open Standards" based LDAP from > Netscape....Novell will use a gateway to integrate Netscape LDAP > and Active Directory. I'm sorry, but I must have missed the factual documentation that states what you are referring to. Can you please provide a reference to the information that you are quoting? Obviously even you know the difference between a directory and an access protocol ... right? So even you fully understand that LDAP is not a directory ... it is simply the standards definition for how to access a directory over TCP/IP protocols ... oh yes ... and LDAP is something that Novell fully supports as an access protocol. Oh yes, could you also please explain the differences between NDS and the proprietary, non-replicated, non-partitioned database that Netscape is using ... ;-) > NDS is a "Tactical" advantage that is fading.... The Strategic > solution remains LDAP...Novell will not own the directory for > Internet and Intranet applications. NDS is proprietary. HP > customers will not be deploying NDS. ;-) Interesting statements ... again, as you know, LDAP is an access protocol (wow ... it's even in the name ... Light-weight Directory Access Protocol) ... maybe you could explain to us all what non-proprietary object store Netscape (and HP) will be using? You know that LDAP defines no database ... so from your statement I'm guessing that you are privy to some knowledge that Netscape is about to announce a standard database as the foundation for their product (or better ... some object database) that scales, replicates, and provides partitioning? If not, I guess they must have a proprietary store ... biz.yahoo.com What I really like about this story is that HP, the big Microsoft partner, sure didn't seem to announce support for Active Directory! Gosh, guess it must not live up to HP standards ... ;-) > Cheers > > Jim P.S. What's up? Too much good news lately? ;-) Scott C. Lemon

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