Well - actually I don't really have to think about it personally since I am no longer working for a school district. But wanted to make sure that point was brought up.
I have been on both "sides" of the fence, Novell and MS. Each has their good point and their bad points, as with any piece of software or OS. You just have to learn how to make what you have work for you. I just worry that a lot of districts are going to be taken advantage of by consulting firms that are just looking for a buck. I am not saying that these firms should not make money, but need to do it honestly and without promising what they can't deliver. I would be sad to see Novell go away, they did have some good pieces and the NOS side was rather stable. Scott O On Sep 20, 2010, at 2:21 PM, Daniel Zobel wrote: > That is what am thinking will happen if Microsoft would buy the Novell half. > I would say start planning, but hope for the best. The thought I had is > what happens with those who are running SLES? You are running Suse with eDir > on top of it so you would be in both sides, how do you split that up? If > someone buys Novell and doesn’t keep the current structure, Novell is dead. > What I would think they should do is keep Zenworks and GroupWise as they are > platform independent and make them their own products, but then what to do > about a network operating system. I think no matter what that anyone who is > running Novell needs to be thinking about the future as Novell may not have > one. > > Dan > > Daniel Zobel > Director of Technology > Heyworth CUSD#4 > Direct Phone 309-473-2250 > Grade School 309-473-2822 > High School 309-473-2322 > Unit Office 309-473-3727 > > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Scott Oyer > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 1:57 PM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Death of Novell? > > Does this mean that everyone running on a Novell network will have to migrate > to something else?? That would be really costly (if moving to MS) for most > and, at least, a pain for others... > > Scott O > > On Sep 20, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Daniel Zobel wrote: > > > I know how you feel. Zenworks is one of the few products that I really don’t > want to lose. > > Daniel Zobel > Director of Technology > Heyworth CUSD#4 > Direct Phone 309-473-2250 > Grade School 309-473-2822 > High School 309-473-2322 > Unit Office 309-473-3727 > > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Bob Schmidt > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 11:45 AM > To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Death of Novell? > > I'm torn. I really do like my Novell system. Lately, I've felt that my > Netware/Zenworks/Groupwise/BM setup has been a little restricting to get some > things done. However, there is no way I would have been able to do what I > have been doing on the equipment I have with Windows. Luckily the cost of > servers ready for VMs are rather cheap. > > I'll miss my app launcher though. :( > > >>> "Daniel Zobel" <zob...@husd4.k12.il.us> 9/20/2010 9:57 AM >>> > http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1831&tag=nl.e040 > > > > Daniel Zobel > Director of Technology > Heyworth CUSD#4 > Direct Phone 309-473-2250 > Grade School 309-473-2822 > High School 309-473-2322 > Unit Office 309-473-3727 > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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