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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4
- Path: sparky!uunet!sci34hub!gary
- From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
- Subject: Re: Novell bought USL?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.180219.25620@sci34hub.sci.com>
- Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
- Organization: SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, Al.
- References: <92356.155628U54294@uicvm.uic.edu> <1992Dec22.163117.13707@sci34hub.sci.com> <16053@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:02:19 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- In article <16053@auspex-gw.auspex.com> guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
- >>Anybody know a good admin book for Windows NT? :-(
- >
- >As opposed to the OS discussed in this group, i.e. Netware NT? :-) :-) :-)
-
- Haven't seen any discussions of that, just Unixware, which adds an IPX
- interface allowing someone to connect to a NetWare server, while removing
- the man pages, compiler, and probably a few other things.
-
- >(Are you saying that a Novell-owned USL will, in some way, not handle
- >UNIX as well as an AT&T-owned USL is doing? If so, how? And why?)
-
- AT&T/USL has simply been bumbling fools regarding marketing and future
- development paths. Novell is in the position of taking over an active
- competitor. I expect the functionality to drop drastically, with the
- price skyrocketing.
-
- Why? Why else? To force the market to NetWare.
-
- I've posted at greater length in comp.sys.novell.
-
- --
- Gary Heston SCI Systems, Inc. gary@sci34hub.sci.com site admin
- The Chairman of the Board and the CFO speak for SCI. I'm neither.
- "Data sheet: HSN-3000 Nuclear Event Detector. The [NED] senses the gamma
- radiation pulse [from a] nuclear weapon." As if we wouldn't notice...
-