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- From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
- Subject: Re: Thinking of investing in Novel
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.214703.4641@scott.skidmore.edu>
- Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
- References: <1992Nov18.145326.18762@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <MERRITT.92Nov18120021@macro.bu.edu> <BxxDr0.Gw@SSD.intel.com>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:47:03 GMT
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- In article <BxxDr0.Gw@SSD.intel.com> tim@ssd.intel.com (Tim Gates) writes:
- >I'm curious to see how well Novel holds on to thier 60% market share when
- >Microsoft unleashes NT. From what I understand about NT, it has the
- >networking software builtin (for the single user setup anyway, don't know
- >about the server side), which would make Novel's software unnecessary.
- >
- >Any thoughts from about this from an investment approach?
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- NT will require a BIG platform (lots of ram, disk space, fast
- processor). Do you think that the gobs of machines in businessland
- tied to Novell servers are adequate for NT? I think not. MS is doing
- a marvelous marketing push, I'll be curious to see how NT does when
- reality sets in.
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- "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." Oscar Wilde
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