Microsoft cozies up to Novell,
NDS on NT
By Mary Jo Foley, Sm@rtReseller
June 29, 1998
As Microsoft Corp. struggles to get the next
major beta of Windows NT 5.0 out the
door, rival Novell Inc. is nipping at its heels
with its next version of Novell Directory
Services running natively on NT.
At PC Expo earlier this month, Novell, of Provo, Utah, demonstrated an
early release of NDS on NT, due to ship commercially this fall. Novell
began previewing NDS on NT privately for select customers about six
months ago but has yet to release a beta.
The software's momentum is getting the attention of Microsoft, whose
decision to roll out a third beta of NT 5.0 will push back its release and
the release of the company's competing Active Directory, possibly to the
second half of 1999.
Microsoft CEO Bill Gates met with Novell CEO Eric Schmidt for
several hours earlier this month in Washington to discuss, among other
things, NDS on NT, Novell officials confirmed.
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