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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (36492)	5/8/2001 3:07:36 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Portal strategy expands reach Novell Sponsors Community Portal to Drive Development of Core Net Infrastructure Technology Industry's Leading Developer of Directory-based Applications Dedicated to Promoting Growth of Directories on the Net Novell creates additional opportunities to increase application revenues LAS VEGAS (NetWorld® + Interop*) — May 8, 2001 — Novell, Inc., the leading provider of Net services software, today announced it is sponsoring a new directory resource center on the Web called LDAPzone, the first community portal site targeted at LDAP developers. LDAPzone is a free service that will offer a central repository of educational materials, software downloads, industry by-lined articles and other information to promote directories and LDAP open standards. Directory technology, which allows businesses to centrally store, manage, and secure user identities and information wherever it resides on a network, are core infrastructure elements of the Net. This initiative underscores Novell's leadership in driving the value of directories in eBusiness. LDAPzone is scheduled to go live May 15 at www.ldapzone.com. "The idea of LDAPzone has broad industry support and early testing with developers has proven very successful. It's the first community portal for developers that will not only allow them to build a directory knowledge, but is a great vehicle for helping to gain a global audience for their LDAP directory-based applications," said Carleton Watkins, director of worldwide developer support at Novell. "Our goal is to ensure LDAPzone is an important resource that gives developers a competitive advantage and creates opportunity to increase application revenues. We believe it will have an important impact on the industry overall as it promises to accelerate the growth of open standard directories on the Net, which are proven for substantially lowering network management costs, reducing data errors, and providing businesses the power to respond more quickly to change." About LDAPzone LDAPzone is a community site on the Web for developers to communicate and collaborate on ideas and share important information, tips and techniques. It offers the following resources and information: Free downloads of programming resources — open source software, LDAP and SDK products Related tools — XML, DSML and more Web resources — Google/LDAPzone's LDAP search Developer tools — LDAP and other directories and sample code Complete Specifications on IETF's LDAP v3 standards and information News from the experts — News and trend articles and how-to guides from industry experts Frequently Asked Questions

To: American Spirit who wrote (36492)	5/8/2001 10:57:45 PM
From: Elmo Gregory	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

With multiple awards of technological excellence, why is it that the stock remains depressed? The best thing Novell could do is change its name. That would be better than spending millions of dollars trying to create a positive image of a failed company through media advertising. There's nothing I can do or say that will influence the stock price one way or the other, but I cannot resist from expressing my frustration at the inability of Novell to capitalize on its achievements.