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

[hbbs at comcast.net]

I second these sentiments.  The question becomes, though, will what Novell
produces be Free Software?

- Jeff
> 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
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale