[ale] Novell & Linux............

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Novell NetWare was not DOS-based but as an operating system it compared more
with DOS than WinNT, Linux, or any of the commercial Unices for x86 of the day.
 VINES was based on a commercial Unix, but it wasn't visible to the VINES admin.

- Jeff
> Looking at an advertisement, it states its an Operating System.  I've
> not messed with Novell since 4.11 and then it was an opertaing system  I 
> believe DOS based.  What is it now?
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 10:45:26AM -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> > Not being Novell knowledgable, my question is.........
> > 
> > what does Novell do and how does it do it, i.e. is it a networking 
> > system that will run Microsoft applications out of the box, or does it 
> > have it's own proprietary applications ? Or if none of the above, what 
> > then ?
> > 
> > Given the above, what will it probably do with Linux ?
> > 
> > Appreciatively,
> > -- 
> > Courtney
> > s/v Mutiny
> > lying Oriental, NC
> > 
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