Subj : Re: Novell NetWare :)
To   : 8-Bit
From : acn
Date : Thu Jun 03 2021 12:57:00

Am 02.06.21 schrieb 8-Bit@21:2/133 in FSX_RETRO:

Hallo 8-Bit,

ac>> Are any more NetWare users here? :)

8B> Ex-users to be precise but there are still schools that use Netware.

Cool :)

8B> I was about to type Novell though they are no longer around and it is
8B> owned by somebody else now.

Yes, today's company owning the products is MicroFocus.
Gladly they still host many of the old support documents :)

8B> I am the IT director for an educational coop in the US and we just
8B> onboarded two schools that use some form of Netware or tools like
8B> Zenworks. One school we are migrating over to Windows Server and while the
8B> other school we are onboarding, they are using Windows Server already,
8B> they use Zenworks.

I never understood why anyone really wants a Windows Server system, and I  
pity everyone who has to work on such systems (me included).
In the past, NetWare always was the better option and today a Linux-based  
system would be my preferred choice. Especially as almost all malware  
targets Windows+Outlook+Exchange+AD, which seems today's variant of "no  
one ever got fired for buying IBM".

8B> At one of the schools, our first task was to clear out the office as it
8B> had layers upon layers of paper work, boxes, and old technology. In that
8B> mess, I was able to recoup Netware 2.2 manuals only, Netware 3.11, Netware
8B> 3.12, Netware 4, Netware 4.11, Netware 5, and OES server software,
8B> manuals, and original packaging. Those are all now comfortably at my house
8B> (along with some other old items) waiting to be played with.

Very nice :)
My eBay finding of NetWare 4.11 and GroupWise will arrive approx. friday  
and the seller told me that he included some other Novell products he is  
clearing out :)

Regards,
Anna

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