Netware is dead, Long live Linux!
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I thought netware was dead by the end of '90s. Confused why people still used it.
.net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.
IMO, Netware itself was dead but Novell bundled on top of it some usefull services like eDirectory (MS AD equivalent), ZEN virtualisation, enterprise management blah blah. As far as I can tell they've just finally consigned the Netware part of it to the bin :cool:
- "I'm not lying, I'm just writing fiction with my mouth"
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IMO, Netware itself was dead but Novell bundled on top of it some usefull services like eDirectory (MS AD equivalent), ZEN virtualisation, enterprise management blah blah. As far as I can tell they've just finally consigned the Netware part of it to the bin :cool:
- "I'm not lying, I'm just writing fiction with my mouth"
Phil HardingZEN virtualisation
I remeber Zen, freakin limiting software, once that hit the airport we could do jack with any computer, but as a developer I managed to find a work around for good old Zen.
.net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.
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Phil HardingZEN virtualisation
I remeber Zen, freakin limiting software, once that hit the airport we could do jack with any computer, but as a developer I managed to find a work around for good old Zen.
.net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.
norm .net wrote:
I remeber Zen, freakin limiting software
Yeah, me too, trying to get Windows desktop apps (with Novel Client and ZEN) to Authenticate with a Windows AD cross synchronised with Novel eDirectory, just so they could run Windows server apps was a mighty PITA X| X|
- "I'm not lying, I'm just writing fiction with my mouth"
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Thousands of dollars, dozens of tests, years of learning to become a Netware CNE, now gone the way of the dodo. It really was the absolute best network server os out there for a good decade at least. We used to mock NT when it came out by comparing the time up since last reboot, some of the netware servers were into years without a reboot. NT not so much. :) Oh well at least I was never enough of a git to put cne after my name like some of the emails we get in tech support where people put all manner of silly IT qualification initials after there name. We call it the "Red flag tag" because 90% of the time it means were dealing with someone who can't read a manual or follow simple instructions and will actually argue with us when we provide a detailed solution "that can't be right" or "I tried that already" when clearly they didn't.
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I thought netware was dead by the end of '90s. Confused why people still used it.
.net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.
They still used it because it was without a shadow of a doubt the most stable, rock solid server operating system of it's day. A well set up netware server was an absolute dream to any company because you never I mean literally never had to do anything with it once it was installed. It just worked and kept on working for literally years between reboots. I'm sad to see it go because as a file and printer sharing platform there's really nothing since that's any better in any way.