And I really miss DEC. Never got to work w/one IRL, but in school, that's what we had. I won't miss Novell AT ALL. Have an acquaintance at s.u.s.e. and I sent him an email - basically a With Sympathy card - when I heard of Novell's acquisition. He replied that he was retiring to a life of beer, women and song.
I know the old saying about CA being the place where software goes to die, but I think IBM and Novell are trying to out-do CA.