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Technology Stocks : MTIC - Is this the next EMC? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Starowl who wrote (3619)	1/12/2000 1:48:00 AM
From: barry fowler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3748

Since Novell is primarily a networking / software company, I'd think they'll require capital to support expansion into the storage end of the business. These days, companies tend to embark on such endeavors via "teaming arrangements". Reading between the lines, the post below indicates they may be "teamed up" with a couple other companies & venture capital houses: biz.yahoo.com However, you've partly answered my inquiry. At first glance, it appeared they may compete "head to head". However, I can't escape (with my limited knowledge) the idea that they must compete to some extent -- Novell wants to go network storage, and MTCI has RAID technology. Assuming that network storage involves fault tolerant capabilities, how could the two companies not compete in that area?