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To: ToySoldier who wrote (24731)12/16/1998 4:06:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42771
 
A directory on every desktop

Shouldn't that be Novell's objective?

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IBM knows only one thing --- what sells. If they got up tomorrow and found NDS being used for something major on the Internet then they would consider standardizing on it.

It will be the commercial success of a directory product that makes that directory product the winner. Its VHS vs Beta. If you Novell employees, vendors, and assorted NCE's don't get that message and are sitting back on your self-satisfied asses again I strongly suggest you go look at AMZN. They are doing it with books, tapes etc., why can't you do it with directories?

Go read my post quoting Schmidt again. Where's the hot product?

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To: ToySoldier who wrote (24731)12/17/1998 2:26:00 AM
From: Bearded One  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 42771
 
So Toy, what's your view on this? Is there room for two directories (two and a half if you include Microsoft)? Will they work together? How much of a headstart does Novell have on IBM? Will this legitimize the market further? What do they mean when they say that NDS isn't scalable enough?