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

To: Don Earl who wrote (20970)	3/12/1998 10:56:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

NetWare 5 beta 2 (formly code named Moab) I have not personally installed yet. I actually received my copy of Beta 2 yesterday. If I don't install it in our company's "Sandbox" next week then I will wait until our team's techies return from Brainshare with Beta 3. I have heard that the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) on NetWare 5 is still quite slow (dont know about flakey though). Supposedly Novell plans on responding to that by implementing Just-in-time pre-compilers so that the Java code does not have to be interpreted each time its executed. But again I have not personally witness these things. I have to admit that I'm not a programmer or Java developer. My expertise is in Network Architectures, Design, and Implementation. As my overly technical response to Java and CORBA to Jim stated, I truly feel that the JVM or CORBA component will not make or break NetWare 5. These components will be in NetWare 5. They will likely be rough around the edges, but the key will be that the components are there! Novell will release patches and future upgrades to clean it up as the weaknesses apear. I think the major and key component of NetWare 5 that may seriously impact its success is the TCP/IP conversion from native IPX and how cleanly it maintains both TCP/IP and IPX clients. This has been the big thorn in Novell's side when trying to sell NetWare over its competitors. Java is a great new feature and selling point for NetWare but not the make/break feature. I would really like someone to provide their comment if they agree or disagree with me on this. Corel was not brought to its knees because of its playing around with Java (I'm sure you all know that Corel actually re-coded WordPerfect in Java but this was only to experiment with Java development and to generate media interest - which it did). What has dragged down Corel is the same thing that has dragged down many other industry players that are forced to compete against Microsoft. I believe the Mircrosoft market-share of Office suites is around 9x% (an estimate). Corel's WordPerfect suite is simply withering on the vine because of the near monopolistic market-share enjoyed by Microsoft. Hope these comments provided some value. (PS - that is the end of my responses for the day as I am only allowed 3/day here until I decide to ante up the subscription fee - I'm a poor techy and not a wealthy investor like y'all - LOL) ToySoldier