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

To: Jim McCormack who wrote (19654)	1/17/1998 1:18:00 AM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Hello Jim, > Bad things happen to Good People.... Yes ... sometimes ... > Scott you are a class act....I mean that - You care about the > company and you give 100% here and on the road... I do ... and I appreciate your statement. I truly want to see this company "turn around" and return to a position of respect in the industry. > But "Bad things happen to Good People". You have to admit that > staying at Novell has cost you big dollars.... Oops. This might sound almost funny, but the story gets better. I have actually left Novell twice now to found start-ups in network management. I left the first time in 1989 to found a little company called Enterprise Network Systems ... we kinda' failed and so I returned to Novell in 1990. I then left again in 1991 to join some friends on a second attempt, this time VC funded. We founded Network Computing, and this time we were bought out by Seagate. Not a bad experience, not a good one either ... but any experience can be looked at as good experience. I then founded my own company in 1993/1994 called Network Integration, a technology company with a focus on network management research and development. We jumped immediately into the Internet and standards based network management research and development. This company was successful enough to carry a group of us forward for several years and is actually still alive and doing well. I returned to Novell a year ago August because an offer was extended to me to come back to Novell to grab a shovel and dig in. I like a good game, and I have to say that at my own company I really didn't have a chance to compete with Bill Gates on strategy ... but at Novell I can! > You could have joined another firm eager to ride the Novell to MS > conversion wave and collected a few options that would no doubt be > worth a considerable amont geater then any Novell incentives... Ah, that would be no fun! As bad as this sounds, I have spent numerous years of my life doing things the hard way ... and learning incredible amounts along the way. I have had numerous offers from many directions (and still have many outstanding offers) but have decided that I really like the more difficult puzzles ... the harder problems. I've interviewed with many companies, but have realized that there are more important things in life. I've lived in the Bay Area (twice) and won't return there. I've talked with Microsoft but just didn't get interested ... I guess I figure they would make a better opponent. > So what is the deal - It is not money - What are you still at > Novell? It's the game. I am a full time addict to this industry and the chess game that is being played. I love to be a part of moulding the future ... of setting a course and contributing to the designing of the future of our global society. We have not even started to understand what we are about to see unfold around us. I want to be a contributor to that. This might sound a little crazy to some people out there ... but many people said that Christopher Columbus was crazy ... I can see what Novell has, and I refuse to give up on that. I refuse to give up on the people who are working to make this company happen. Also, it's something to do while doing time on planet earth! ;-) > Respectfully > > Jim Mccormack > > PS. I loved Novell - I got my ECNE and longed to work at Novell. I > got lots of upside from the credential....Now I'm and MSCE and ECNE > and enjoying more upside... Why the loyalty in an age where it > means so little...Why not ride the MS wave? MCNE + MSCP= Easy > Money.... I meant what I said to vinod last week, no offense intended, but money is easy to make. It's more in what you are willing to compromise to make that money. I can make money ... but it's sometimes tough to get into a good game where a coach let's you on the field! I have some people at Novell that have faith in me and allow me to play! (P.S. For those of you that were wondering about the Novell Moab Beta, I completed an install this week of Moab on one of my servers, and placed it on my T1 here in Heber City. One the first try from Novell in Provo, we logged in over the public Internet using Novell's client and Native/IP. Nothing special ... no experts ... clean installs ... no muss ... no fuss ... on the first try. I don't know how the LANTimes folks had so much trouble ...) > Jim McCormack Have a good night! Scott C. Lemon