From: "Jim MacLachlan" 
Subject: Re: Novell Gold Partner Program gone crazy
Date: 2000/11/04
Message-ID: #1/1
References: 
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 18:14:07 EST
Newsgroups: fido.novell

You're absolutely correct.  I'm a Network Administrator & hate the thought
of putting NT servers on my network because of the high care they require,
but I'm being forced to.  ADP is going that way and that's the final nail.
  It sucks.

Jim

"Mark"  wrote in message
news:lbrL5.27713$Q8.5948031@newsrump.sjc.telocity.net...
>
> After supporting and selling Netware since 1983, it seemed that Novell
finally
> created a marketing department worthy of the technical excellence of their
> product. What a fantastic and creative marketing campaign!!!!
>
> So what do they do?
>
> Take away the one major benefit, the 20 tech support incidents per year
that
> used to be included with Gold.
>
> Why does Novell always have to take 3 steps back when they take a major
step
> forward?   We the dealers who know how good the Novell technology is are
> getting frustrated with the way we are being treated.
>
> I do not have a problem with paying to be a Gold Partner at all. I am
fully
> aware to get good support it must be compensated for. But when will Novell
> realize it's the dealers that make them the money and continue to push the
far
> superior technology over MS ACTIVE DIRECTRY and their server products.
>
> As a MS dealer as well, I don't have to sell NT, clients bang on my door
for
> it. But as a technology specialist, I know where Netware will shine and
> continue to push it.  Now with this change in the Partner program why
bother?
>
> With this major change, I feel Novell is telling me that they do not want
us
> to sell the product or worse yet we only want the multi million-dollar
dealers
> to be able to get the support they need.
>
> Their are a lot of us small dealers who continued to support Novell
through
> the tough times and now we are being told in my opinion to go away go away
> quietly.
>
>
> How do your feel about this? Am I right or am I wrong?  Let me know your
> opinion.
>
>
>
>