Interesting.

Post #124,029 by mmoffitt 11/4/03 10:48:57 AM Reply	Interesting. Which contributed to the rise of M$ more? M$ or IBM/Novell? bcnu, Mikem Java, Junk. Both start with a "J", both have four letters. Coincidence? I think not.
Post #124,030 by deSitter 11/4/03 11:03:25 AM Reply	No question - Novell They were so cocky and confident because of their enormous install base, that they neglected to implement a true multitasking, multiuser OS - of course NT was/is not multi-user - so with the aquisition of UNIX and morphing of it to UnixWare, we all thought this problem was going to be fixed, with UNIX in the back running apps and databases, and NetWare up front for file/print/LAN. It never happened. They did NOTHING, not with OS/2, not with UNIX, NOTHING. Those idiots could not even come up with a 32bit client that worked and was easy to install. They were still in the world of packet drivers and DOSware in the mid 90s. The stupidity and venality of Novell is the direct cause of Billy's overwhelming success. IBM can be faulted as well, but that is mainly a marketing issue, not active stupidity. OS/2 was a fine product that received no overall backing from Akers and friends. -drl
Post #124,057 by Andrew Grygus 11/4/03 12:27:06 PM Reply	The company is under new management . . . . so we'll just have to wait and see. The old Novell was a typical monopoly company, fat, no ambition, and completely unable to think. Noorda bought them a bunch of pretty good products, and they just sat on their asses and sniffed them until they were only worth a dime on the dollar. One good thing Frankenberg did was get rid of huge amounts of dead wood, before he was ejected for making too many enemies and for inheriting obsolete products and bad performance. So long as they leave SuSE in Krautland it'll probably be OK. If they force anyone to move to Provo, write the whole thing off. No reasonable person would tolerate living in that repressive hell hole. It'd be a lot better if they just moved Novell out of Utah entirely - even to the Ukraine if need be. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #124,060 by mmoffitt 11/4/03 12:29:25 PM Reply	But, but, ... Utah has that wonderful human being and truly fine American, Senator Orrin Hatch. </shudder> bcnu, Mikem Java, Junk. Both start with a "J", both have four letters. Coincidence? I think not.

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