[ Thanks to Nicholas
Donovan for this link. ]
“Saying goodbye is one of the hardest things to do, but Novell
has finally faced up to the truth that its flagship NetWare
operating system has fallen by the wayside. Although what was
undoubtedly the best OS of the file-and-print days had been
substantially improved throughout the seven years I covered and
reviewed it, it became clear that NetWare was never going to be a
serious first choice for an application platform. That’s a fatal
flaw today, when applications and services are how IT delivers.“Fortunately–for itself as well as for its customers–Novell
appears to be pulling off the impossible by retiring NetWare and
delivering a Linux-based server OS in a package that keeps a foot
in both camps…”