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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (26126)	3/19/1999 10:42:00 AM
From: Grandk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

03/19 09:16 Novell Hosts Internet Printing Community Interoperability Testing <NOVL.O> Novell Hosts Internet Printing Community Interoperability Testing Open Internet Printing Protocol Will Allow Standardized Printing Across Internet WHO: Novell(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) is the world's leading network software provider and a key partner behind the development of an open standards-based Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). WHAT & WHEN: Novell, a leader in printing on the network, continued its commitment to open standards-based networking by hosting the second IPP "bake-off," in which the printing community tested interoperability of their solutions with the Internet Printing Protocol. Twenty-five printer and software vendors attended the bake-off at Novell's Orem, Utah, campus, including Apple, AUCO, Axis, Canon, EFI, Epson, Extended Systems, Fuji Xerox, Genoa, Hewlett-Packard, i-data, IBM, JCI, Komatsu, Kyocera, Lexmark, Microsoft, Netsilicon, Novell, Ricoh, Shinesoft, Sun, Tektronix and Xerox. All successfully tested their solutions with IPP. By working to deliver support for the Internet Printing Protocol for future versions of Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS(TM)) on NetWare(R), Novell plans to strengthen its market-leading position in supporting directory-based Internet printing. At the Internet Printing Protocol bake-off last week, Novell demonstrated its IPP implementation, which marries the power of NDPS and Novell Directory Services(R) (NDS(TM)) with the open standard printing protocol IPP. WHY & HOW: The Internet Printing Protocol will allow any user with an Internet connection to send a document to any printer that is connected to the Internet. Companies with mobile users or remote employees will be able to use printers that support IPP to easily send business materials directly to a printer instead of e-mail, fax or overnight delivery. Users of Novell's IPP implementation will also benefit from tight integration with NDPS, which enables easy management of users and printers. CONTACT: Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at www.novell.com/pressroom. About Internet Printing Protocol The Internet Printing Protocol is designed to extend print-use models by leveraging the Internet. The Printer Working Group (PWG), a consortium of all major companies involved in printing, developed the printing standard. The protocol now has been ratified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a formal standard.

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (26126)	3/19/1999 10:53:00 AM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

Hi Paul - Maybe Novell needs to develop a "portal" site where they can sell internet "services". COMPAQ is developing an internet service portal using their Alta-Vista asset. Here are the reserved domain names Novell has already obtained. BSNETQA.COM NOVELL-LAB.COM BORDERTEST.COM BIGBANGS.COM STEVEHARLOW.COM COOLTEST.COM NLDAP.COM N-COGNITO.COM TECTRAIN.COM EMA-CORP.COM ================================================================== I do not see any names that would represent a "service portal". It is interesting to note that they may be developing company specific internet sites (i.e. EMA-CORP.COM) for key clients. Is this what CEO Schmidt defined as "consulting" and "service" revenue opportunities? EKS