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

To: Jack Whitley who wrote (24087)	10/28/1998 3:38:00 AM
From: Gary Ku	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

What's behind the DELL's switch server from NOVL to MSFT! MSFT press release saying that DELL had replaced 225 servers using Novell NetWare software with 25 running Microsoft's Windows NT server operating system. This news alone will send NOVL stock down to earth. That's why DELL responded by saying that we are not pulling back from our use of NetWare altogether. The DELL's press release is to calm down the NOVL's shareholders. But should shareholders of NOVL calmed down by this? Just read the following: Dell's changeover to Microsoft software took place at its Austin operations on servers controlling basic office computing, and came as part of efforts by Dell to bring older operating systems up to Year 2000 compliance. As you can see that Dell is worrying about NOVL software's capability of handling Year 2000 problems. This is the beginning of Dell's complete switch from NOVL to MSFT. This should ring a bell for all NOVL shareholders.

To: Jack Whitley who wrote (24087)	10/29/1998 12:10:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

I guess they got too many emails questioning their decision to dump Novell and go to NT (like the one I sent Dell 3 days ago). :) I bet that Dell received several calls from their Novell-centric customers as well asking why Dell would be performing such a complex migration. Its motivations was very questionable and did not make any sense. Even this statement from Dell is a lame excuse. They are saying that they are migrating several older NetWare servers to NT in order to address the Y2K issue! Thats like saying I will use a shotgun to kill a mosquito in my house. Toy