Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Richard Piper wrote:
>
> > I have never heard of anything more ridiculous than having to
> > buy and install a whole unix operating system to get a functioning
> > novel client.
>
> Well, I guess I have just heard of something even more ridiculous --
> trying to get a functioning novell client without first installing an
> operating system (unix or otherwise).
>
> Go figure.
It goes a little like this:
Our area health service is large, one of the top 40
corporations in the state. This redhat system is
perhaps the best example of how such a system can
be successful in a larger corporate environment EXCEPT
that you cant even pay for a nds compatible novel client
short of totally reinstalling the operating system
based on open linux. That is ridicuous, and in my
view a worrying sign that the commercial linux market
will be as fragmented as the commercial unix market as
a whole ... perhaps worse.
Evan, I would recommend you re-read:
1. http://www.telly.org/86open/index.html, It is a very good
I idea, some of the principles may improve the commercial
linux market as well.
2. Try ringing Caldera from half way around the world and
ask them if the novel client will work with a redhat 5.0 system,
or if the base system really includes a novell client, you
will soon find that it is far cheaper to just order it
and hope for the best.
My views with respect to this are not meant to be
mischievous, but to rather demonstrate how fragmented
the commercial linux market appears to be, and how this
has practical implications. I hope the commercial vendors
make some effort to address these sort of issues,
as many of the benefits of linux are lost if we
are forced into single vendor solutions.
Richard Piper
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