FYI, Novell HAVE purchased SuSE - the company, that is, not the software. So, with regard to my previous post that I've snipped :-) expect Netware to go the way of Native Pick in the very near future. It will go the way of AP/Pro, where it looks like Netware for all intents and purposes, but it's actually an app running on top of a hidden linux kernel.
Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl L Pearson Sent: 21 April 2004 19:20 To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: What client platform do YOU use (Parallel to GUI thread) I attended a VMWare symposium sponsored by IBM, Novell and a local (quite large) consulting/programming/implementation firm. The representative from Novell stated they would be completely off M$ products by the end of the year with nearly all desktops using Suse Linux and OpenOffice.org for their office suite. Apparently Novell has purchased Suse, or at least a 'port' of Suse. Also, he stated that all of Novell's commercial products would continue to run on Windows, because of client demand, however their main focus would be in writing/rewriting everything to run on Linux. That project was to have been completed by last week, with announcements coming soon. Since I'm not even remotely involved with Novell products, I haven't kept tabs on that portion of the project. The IBM reps stated they they are also moving off M$ products. Just my 2 '.01's (insert appropriate currency marker) Karl **************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. **************************************************************************** -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
