NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS 08/19/04 Today's focus: A place for you to ask Novell questions
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Still, there are ways to get the "real skinny," which I'll share with you provided you don't let the information go any farther. (See, I can do my own form of "information control".) After some recent newsletters in this series concluded that Novell really wasn't actively seeking to improve NetWare, one reader decided to take me by the hand (figuratively) and show me where the real information was. He suggested I "just read the developer-forums.novell.com newsgroup, mainly the libc forum." Evidently these support forums, which have traditionally been staffed by marketing, tech writing and help desk staff have now been opened up so that the people coding Novell's applications are encouraged to contribute. Reading these newsgroups points out that Novell is still enhancing the NetWare Libraries and, especially, the NetWare kernel. Soon we'll have "process" natively supported by the kernel - a big change from the current "multi-threaded-only" kernel. As my reader pointed out, "Say goodbye for the entire [operating system to be] down because of one bad NLM!" As to why this is true, either you'd need to be an engineer for me to explain it or you should head to the support forums where the real engineers WILL explain it. The reader also reminded me that many Unix-based and open source protocols, services and utilities (such as SYSLOG, BASH, POSIX APIs, POSIX file system, and so on) are still targeted for NetWare 7, while the Java Virtual Machine team is impatiently waiting for the process-based kernel so they can enhance the virtual machine. Evidently, things aren't so moribund in Provo as I was led to believe. If you want to know for yourself, check out those newsgroups. But if you really want to know what's coming, sign up now to be a beta tester for Open Enterprise Server. Head over to <http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/oes_beta_survey.html> and sign up. There's no better way to find out what's coming then to have the actual software running in your lab. _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Dave Kearns Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>. Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management. Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these respective addresses: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." 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