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

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (22080)	5/18/1998 10:31:00 AM
From: Spartex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Z.E.N. and the Art of Windows PC Maintenence <gggggg>... Monday May 18, 10:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Novell, Inc. Novell Ships Z.E.N.works - Brings New Ease of Use, Reliability to Windows Experience for Desktop Users Powerful Desktop Management Tool Enabled by Novell Directory Services biz.yahoo.com Regards, QuadK

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (22080)	5/18/1998 10:57:00 AM
From: Peter Bernhardt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

I've just started reading this thread -- good stuff on both sides of the argument. I'm a CNE working at a law firm using a mixed Netware 4.11/NT network. Fact is, Netware remains a superior file and print server, while NT is better as an app server (that's not news and has probably been agreed upon on this thread long ago). The head of our IS department is among those who believe that Novell won't be around much longer. But until Microsoft releases NT Server 5.0, and can prove they have a directory service as good as NDS that can handle file and print services as well as Netware, we're not about to replace our Novell servers with NT. In the meantime, Novell is about to release a new version of their product which has, glory of glories, a graphical interface and, even better, runs on pure IP. Novell even boasts that their new OS will function better as an application server. Mind you, I haven't gotten my hands on a pre-release to look at this yet, but what I've read so far has been very impressive. That said, I have serious doubts that Novell is going to displace NT as our platform of choice for things like e-mail (we're moving from GroupWise to Exchange as I write), or web services (we like IIS and MS Proxy Server). Bottom line, I think there's hay to be made as Novell releases 5.0 ahead of Miscrosoft. Whether or not this will resurrect Novell remains to be seen, but I'm sure it has everything to do with the recent surge in the stock price. I'm still watching from the sidelines and I'll look forward to reading more and perhaps investing a few dollars. - Peter B

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (22080)	5/19/1998 1:45:00 AM
From: Jack Whitley	Respond to of 42771

<<It is precisely at the departmental level at the enterprises, and amongst the small and mid sized companies that Novell 3.X has been replaced with NT. The figures I posted don't lie. These customers formed the basis for Novell's past dominance of the network software industry. These people are all gone already. So where is the growth to come from? More upgrades from the remaining Novell enterprise customers? Old Netware customers still sitting on the fence and being forced to buy! That's a strategy for turning around the company?>> I still say that soon there are going to be no "small networks", or island networks. Everyone is going to have to plug in to the firehose soon to stay competitive, and that will be the true test of the NOS strategy of any company, large or small. I've been at this thing for a little over two years, its been educational. Its not as urgent as it was though, I've made so much money on ASND this year, I can afford to wait. They are selling core ATM switches as fast as they can make them. jww