From: Tim Dozier 
Subject: Re: Novell 3.2 Vs. 5.0 Choice
Date: 1999/07/30
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Novell 5 is much different from 4.11 or 3.11.  If you want your Supervisor
commands to stay the same & stay w/ a file server bindery system, go with
3.2, if you don't mind retraining & going to a Directory Service tree, go
to 4.2, if you don't mind everything I've mentioned about 4.2 plus the
fact that many Network based softwares & peripherals don't work w/ 5.0
yet, go to 5.0. (ex., one of our clients had to upgrade (expensive) to
continue using their DiscPort CD Rom Tower & their ArcServe based HP Tape
Drive.

Summary, if you want easy go with 3.2, next 4.2, next 5.  Novell has kept
all three lines of products to support the existing command structure.
All are stable systems, but all are different.

Jim wrote:

> I run a 1 server Netware 3.11 network that we are extremely happy
> with. Due to 3.11 not being Y2K compliant and non-Novell supported, we
> have to make a move. Where I work, we can get Novell 5.0 100-user
> license cheaper than Novell 3.20 upgrade to 100 user. I really do want
> to keep the network as simple and stable (100+ days at a time with no
> reboots) as it is. Can I keep it that way with Novell 5.0??  Will NDS
> require a huge adjustment from 3.11 ??? Is Netware 3.2 a better choice
> for me in spite of the pricing?.
>
> Other factors:
>
> we don't need to provide; TCP/IP, WAN, remote access, e-mail, Mac
> access.
>
> All clients are Win95
>
> We are getting a P-III 450, 128MB, 9.0 GB SCSI drive server either way
> we go.
>
> Thanks In advance,
> Jim

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