Novell may nix NetWare development (News.com)

Posted Aug 7, 2003 16:21 UTC (Thu) by kenwitb (guest, #13777) [Link]

I think that dad's response is quite a bit off mark, no offense. Anyone
that believes Micro$oft licencing is cheeper than Novell's. Must never
have bought one or the other. Speaking from, current, experience in a
mixed NetWare and Win2000 environment. I am getting about 270% better ROI
on the NetWare side in hardware and software lic costs. I even serve more
users with less rack space since I don't need a server for every
service...least things get real unstable, and guess what I spent less on
the bottom line. Less money to do more with less hassel. With linux
around I don't see why developers are wasting there time writing
Micro$oft "don't net" applications. If I can build a NetWare environment
that is cheeper, faster, and more stable. Think what can be done with
linux. Again I don't see how Micro$oft could be cheaper compared to
Novell.

I am not going to contest the second sentance cause, I believe he is
right. Novell needs to tread carefully but I believe that their timing is
good.

Best wishes,
Ken