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To: ed who wrote (11903)	10/29/1998 12:25:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Respond to of 74651

Hi all!! Did you all miss me? Looks like Dell got some bigtime heat from its customers and others on their decision to switch from NetWare to NT and what the real motives were behind the switch. They are actually downplaying MSFT's PR article on Dell's switch. I guess Dell is worried about what they are being caught doing with MSFT. Their followin argument is still lame but the fact that they are trying to defend and downplay the original MSFT press release is very important. Tuesday October 27, 9:51 pm Eastern Time Dell sees no pullback from Novell software NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Dell Computer Corp., the leading direct distributor of personal computers, on Tuesday said it has replaced Novell Inc. (Nasdaq:NOVL - news) network software in one area of its operations but has no plans to pullback from general use of the software throughout its organization. Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas, was responding to a press release issued by Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) last week which said Dell had replaced 225 servers using Novell NetWare software with 25 running Microsoft's Windows NT server operating system. ''We changed out some servers in one environment, but we're not at all pulling back from our use of NetWare,'' a company spokesman said. 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. Year 2000 or ''Y2K'' compliance refers to getting rid of the Millennium Bug, a potentially-serious flaw in existing computers whose outdated software prevents them from distinguishing between the year 2000 and 1900, and thus the 20th and 21st centuries. Dell's Austin facilities employ around half of the company's 20,000 worldwide workforce. Dell said it holds a license to use Novell NetWare software on 25,000 computers and the operating system continues to play a critical role in manufacturing and other areas of the company. Dell officials declined to comment on how many of its servers or other devices Novell NetWare actually was operating on. Provo, Utah-based Novell, a leading corporate networking software firm, has seen NetWare lose market ground to Microsoft's NT operating system. Both systems helps weave desktop PCs into corporate networks. Toy