Let's all give a hand to the "boyz". They can't even explain themselves......<groan>
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March 07, 1997, TechWire
Novell New Product Mix Very Confusing
By Sharon Fisher
Faced with a Novell smorgasbord, users, analysts and developers say
they're confused about how forthcoming technologies will be packaged
into the company's flagship IntranetWare network operating
system.Novell had said the next release, code-named "Moab," would
ship in the middle of this year. Moab will be discussed at Brainshare later
this month, said Willy Donahoo, senior director of marketing, but he
would not provide other details.
"We're positioning Brainshare as the forum where we talk about how
we've adjusted, enhanced and added to our roadmap to cover things like
Border Services," he said.
Novell had also said last September, when it launched IntranetWare, that
a version due this spring would include virtual private networks and
improved remote access, while a version due this summer would include
the Java virtual machine, Novell Directory Services replication, proxy
caching and support for native IP.
Since then, Novell has shipped two "early access" CDs with technology
ranging from pre-alpha to beta.
But users and developers -- including members of Novell's Developer
Advisory Board -- said they've heard little about just what the company
plans to do with the technological. Privately, users reported they've heard
everything from "Moab will be given out at Brainshare" to "Moab will slip
to the end of the year."
Schedules may also be slipping due to the difficulties of implementing the
technologies, as well as integrating them. To incorporate all the
technologies Novell has said it would include, Moab would likely be
delayed until the second quarter of 1998, said Neil MacDonald, a Gartner
Group analyst in Stamford, Conn.
"If they included technologies like clustering, I thought there was no way
they would keep the original schedule," he said.
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TO JOHN YOUNG AND JOE MARENGI: PLEASE LEAVE!
TO RAY NOORDA: PLEASE TELL THEM TO SELL THIS FREAKING COMPANY ALREADY!
PLEASE! |
