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

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Tuesday 12 August 2003 11:45, Courtney Thomas wrote:

> 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 ?

Novell does a lot of things and produces a plethora of products. Check their 
web site out. When most folks refer to Novell, they really mean Novell's 
former flagship product Netware. I say former, because I think eDirectory 
should now be considered their killer app. Netware was the last of the true 
Network Operating Systems, offering file/print/authentication services and 
truly focusing on doing that right. Chances are, you have come into contact 
with it but didn't know it. It works that well. 

> Given the above, what will it probably do with Linux ?

Hopefully, give Linux the NOS functionality to compete with Active 
Directory. OpenLDAP is not even close, and Samba and NFS leave much to be 
desired. Don't even get me started on printing. Novell's stuff is better 
than ours. But our kernel is better than theirs. Looks like a match made in 
heaven.

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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