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

To: Loring who wrote (25236)	1/31/1999 12:19:00 PM
From: PJ Strifas	Respond to of 42771

Hey! I'm not very knowledgeable in regard to INFERNO but from what I've read and understand, it's an OS for embedded systems. That is, anything from a telephone to a cellular phone, fax machine, thin-client computer, PDA, cable settop box and more can interoperate using INFERNO. <<Lucent Technologies' Inferno™ is a revolutionary new software platform for network-aware devices and applications. Leveraging Bell Laboratories' expertise in networking, communications, and software, Inferno delivers a compact, high performance solution for both resource-constrained environments and scalable network solutions. Commercially launched in March 1997, Inferno is designed to be a complete solution for the embedded market, uniting operating system (OS) functionality, networking and security within a small footprint OS platform. Inferno equips today's leading innovators with the tools necessary for success in a networked society:>> Now you think how does this affect or relate to Novell? Perhaps networked devices (which can and will include home alarms fire&theft detectors), answering machines, utility meters, even the computer systems on your car(imagine diagnosing problems using a server to run tests and gather statistics from your car's computer...) Anyway getting back to Novell -- all this needs a directory service to maintain the information et al. NDS is already set to become Lucent's main directory offering in their high end devices. When they begin to add hooks into NDS for INFERNO, there will be more and more talk about networked devices becoming NDS aware. The 2 technologies walk hand in hand. Also, let me bring to mind Novell's own OS for networking embedded devices called NetTop. It's an all java-based system for just the same thing as INFERNO. The 2 companies have alot in common here and that brings me back to that merger talk..... Scott? Any info on NetTop??? Peter