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Before I retired, I was working in a Novell shop which had decided to switch over to Microsoft. I ran calculations on the disk space currently being used on our Netware 5.1 servers, then gave them (the powers who made this decision) the uncompressed disk space required to make the switch. Genius (the boy who made this decision for the switch) looked at my spreadsheet with all the data and said;

"We're in trouble. We'll have to buy a new SAN."

They're still using Netware, despite having Microsoft for a client.

I'm also reminded of when HP was sending out consultant to help companies make the switch from Netware to Windows. They lost their shirt on a major contract and promptly got out of the business. Conversion is not that easy, believe me.
Posted by: Frank Rosseter   Posted on: 12/16/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Why? Novell is superior  ITGuy04 | 11/16/04
If they had something to offer  htotten | 11/16/04
OOPS I forgot  htotten | 11/16/04
heheheh... you're right!  dragontiger | 11/16/04
So true  alterego_z | 11/16/04
I don't think that many Novell shops will bite  Physco Dude | 11/16/04
Laughing  Frank Rosseter | 12/16/04
Proves M$ cannot compete on merit  crocd | 11/16/04
So then why is Novell doing the same?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/16/04
Not a chance...  bmowrer@... | 11/16/04
What do you use..  crocd | 11/16/04
i'm guessing he uses netware with Zenworks  Monkey_MCSE | 11/16/04
Oh yeah  mtbandit@... | 11/16/04
What I use...  bmowrer@... | 11/18/04
Feeling threatened Billy boy?  Ratherbfishing465 | 11/16/04
talk about lies!  geek49203_z | 11/16/04
Goodies? Like razorbladed apples on Halloween?  Xunil_Sierutuf | 11/16/04
What's the problem?  dragontiger | 11/16/04
This is probably punative.  John L. Ries | 11/16/04
Oh great, now Novell will sue  FilledOut | 11/16/04
Novell offers free certification if you switch from Windows.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/16/04
It's a big differnce actually  voska | 11/16/04
Blah, blah, blah, it's all the same thing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/16/04
They are the same..  AmusedAtItAll | 11/16/04
Trollcatcher...  Kamikaze_Ohka | 11/17/04
Hmmm, how about take your own advice.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/04
Hmmm....  bchesmer | 11/17/04
And why not???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/17/04
isn't this illegal dumping  hipparchus2000 | 11/16/04
Color me Linux  richdave | 11/16/04
exactly...  Monkey_MCSE | 11/16/04
(nt) . Just like a pusher on the street - the first 'hit' is FREE.  Plain Logic | 11/16/04
Free? You must be talking about open source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/16/04
We already switched to MS once ...  netminder | 11/16/04
It's the old story...  Kamikaze_Ohka | 11/17/04

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