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To: Robert Winchell who wrote (1311)	7/13/1998 3:21:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

4) The impending demise of Novell Really. Care to back up that little bon-mot? Novell looks positions to make huge HUGE profits on Netware 5, thanks to delays in NT 5.

To: Robert Winchell who wrote (1311)	7/13/1998 7:55:00 PM
From: Kal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1600

1) Scale: if I have a product and sold 1 this year, 10 next, that's 1000% growth. If I was selling 100000 this year, 10 next year, that's 0.0001% growth or somesuch. A good percentage of NTs sold are for print and file. UNIXs sold are for critical biz apps. etc etc. 2) Microsoft's marketing and dollar might, which buys it ad space, and its spell tactics on Dilbert managers is what gives this aura of success. As an IT professional Microsoft will not fool me into such stupidity. When and if I become an IT manager, Microsoft products will fall under severe scrutiny in my hands. 3) Agreed. But the picture is changing. UNIX is gaining popularity. Linux is picking up momentum.. many companies are considering it for the first time as an enterprise system. The major holdback for it so far is support. 4) The impeding demise of novell is what microsoft likes you to think. there is a huge installed base that's not going away soon.