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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy?
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To: ToySoldier who wrote (26217)3/22/1999 9:17:00 PM
From: PJ Strifas  Read Replies (2) of 42771
 
Perhaps I need to clarify the statement some. In the Windows OS, to connect to a network, you need "client" software. When for instance you use a Windows 95 PC, you need to have Novell's Software installed (Client32) to access a Novell Server and authenticate to NDS.

Now, to attach to a Microsoft NT network (where NDS and NetWare are not present) you use the Microsoft Client for Network software. You do this through the Network Neighborhood Properties sheet. Now Microsoft also develop it's own "client" software to access NetWare services in in a predominately NT network.

In most cases, this was done where NT replaced NetWare as the Network OS but some legacy applications could only run on NetWare 3 servers. NT took over services such as printing and file sharing but you still needed to logon to the NetWare server. To do that, you would need Netware client software. Microsoft didn't want to distribute Novell software so they developed their own "client" software.

That has apparently changed. Microsoft will now be bundling a Novell client for this purpose. Perhaps it's not an immediate coup in the sense that Novell gets something tangible but it's a definitely "win" from the standpoint that Microsoft has given up providing a service to it's customers and handed that to Novell.

Peter Strifas
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