From: Daniel O'Connell 
Subject: Re: I am doing some research on Novell
Date: 2000/02/28
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http://gartner5.gartnerweb.com/public/static/win2000/win2000.html
http://www.novell.com/netware5/comparative.html
http://www.microsoft.com/catalog/display.asp?site=458&subid=22&pg=1

I manage a Novell Wide area network and I find that the Novell products are more
reliable on a day to day basis.  I can currently boast 98.5% uptime on all of my
servers All workstations are Win 98 which will become go the way of Win 3.1 Win
95 and Office 97 one day you call and your told they no longer supply that media
because the new Windows was introduced 2 weeks earlier.   If it sounds like I am
partial to Novell your right but I base that on lower cost of ownership, in
hardware, software and support.

Dan

jdog1 wrote:

> I am just looking for some pros and cons of using novell for my business and
> what are the differences between using  Windows NT and Novell?  Thank you in
> advance. j