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To: Doug Fowler who wrote (4099)	12/25/1997 12:58:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9798

Novell is a proprietary network OS built around DOS with proprietary protocols and limited functionality. From their toy-network roots, they started to evolved in the wrong direction: more proprietary and less functional. Obviously they were good at connecting large numbers of DOS-boxes together but I can remember telling people in 1990 that Novell was dead: too complex for what it did and no support for Windows applications. We can add to that an archaic design that makes Windows look state-of-the-art. So to answer your question, no, they don't look like a good investment despite the fact that they may trade significantly higher than where they are now. Here's the problem: you can't magically decide to throw out your proprietary protocols and jump on the Internet bandwagon overnight. Once the transition is complete they will simply be the poor man's Java host until such times as those using the OS can move to Solaris or even NT. Novell has a new lease on life as a result of Java and open Internet protocols, but Sun Microsystems is obviously vastly superior insofar as a network OS is concerned.