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

To: Joe Antol who wrote (20244)	2/23/1998 9:20:00 PM
From: Jim McCormack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

Year 2000 and Novell - The Lighter Side.... Below is a preview of what lies ahead for Novell. We debated the Year 2000 issue late last year in great detail. Novell had promised that they would release patches for Netware to bring it into compliance. They did so only for 3.12 and 4.11 leaving 3.11 and 4.10 users out in the cold. They have to upgrade to achieve compliance. That's a gun to folks head - That will lead to suits like the one against Symantec referenced below. Food for thought - Leave it to the lawyers! Man this year 2000 stuff is going to be fun! Hey I didn't say it made sense - did I? I guess this means if we own any old non Y2k software we get free upgrades to the new compliant versions if the lawyers win this battle. Gosh - I don't know who to root for - I got lots of old stuff. Jim Symantec Responds to Y2K Lawsuit By Darryl K. Taft Cupertino, Calif. 7:20 p.m. EST Mon., Feb. 23, 1998 .............. Symantec Corp. responded to the class action lawsuit filed against the company regarding Year 2000 issues by saying that its latest version of its Norton Antivirus software is a significant upgrade. Last week, the law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP filed suit against Symantec claiming Year 2000 defects in the company's Norton Antivirus software. The suit, filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, alleges breach of implied warranty and related claims in connection with allegedly defective computer software developed and sold by Symantec. According to the suit, the defects concern the inability of the Norton Antivirus software -- prior to Version 4.0, which was introduced in September 1997 -- to recognize and process dates starting in the year 2000. In contrast to many other software companies, which are correcting Year 2000 problems and providing those corrections free of charge to their customers, the suit alleges that Symantec is improperly requiring customers to pay fees to purchase upgrades from earlier versions to Version 4.0 in order to remedy the defect. However, Symantec, which is still reviewing the lawsuit, said the new features and innovations in Norton Antivirus 4.0 command a premium. "We've added significant new capabilities (to Norton Antivirus 4.0) including our BloodHound technology, the ability to automatically update the technology over the Internet and many other new features," said Enrique Salem, Symantec vice president and chief technical officer. "So this is a significant new upgrade to the product." Salem added that Symantec's "corporate customers who are spending time thinking about this Year 2000 issue, the ones that have purchased maintenance agreements with Symantec, are entitled to receive this new version of the product."