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To: jim shiau who wrote (22528)	5/12/1999 3:19:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) of 74651

In an earlier post I was talking about the next paradigm that will relegate the Server OSes to a commodity role because of the open standards that are negating the "Proprietary Solutions" like MSFT's. Following are parts of an Aberdeen doc. I found on another board that talks about this issue and how IBM and Novell are leveraging each other's strengths to take advantage of this new paradigm. The entire document is even more interesting to read... software.ibm.com IBM/Novell Relationship Indicates New Market Dynamics IBM and Novell have announced that IBM's WebSphere Application Server will ship with Novell NetWare 5. With WebSphere, NetWare gains a powerful, open, scaleable Enterprise Java application runtime environment, and IBM shows that it is deadly serious about expanding its software marketshare. This relationship is likely to have a profound impact on the industry, as these two giants learn how to work more closely together and leverage each others strengths. ..... EJB - A Shark in the Proprietary Pool Aberdeen Group is preparing to publish EJB - a Shark in the Proprietary Pool, an Executive White Paper that argues that proprietary development and runtime platforms - including those from NetDynamics and AOL/Netscape - may be at a serious competitive disadvantage. Now, Novell embraces the very platform that challenges those proprietary environments - WebSphere. Through WebSphere, and IBM's huge software branding effort, Novell's NetWare will become an Open Application Server to be reckoned with. ... - Tim Sloane AberdeenGroup, Inc. Toy

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