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RE: NT5 [you may know it as Windows 2000]


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  • Subject: RE: NT5 [you may know it as Windows 2000]
  • From: "Dr John Tankard" <jtankard@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:32:11 +0100
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> > The sad thing is Novell is loosing market share, and yet they
have a
> better
> > product, certainly from the client's point of view.
>
> That's a true statement John but strange when you look at it.
> Why is it the
> "the evil empire" continues to take market share when it's
products are
> supposedly so bad?
>
Do we have to talking about Betamax or VHS ?? Indecently Betamax is not in
Microsoft's spelling checker ! Then again it might just be my typing.


> We have a Novell Server in work too but we are probably going to have
to
> change to NT when the next version of our Till software moves
> away from DOS
> to a Windows system.
>

:-( Oh does that mean that checking out will be slower then ?

On a serious note just because the till software is moving to windows does
not necessarily mean you have to switch your server software, unless it
uses
some back office component.

And when McCall's goes global with 500 branches in 24 countries you will be
pleased you stuck with Novell, NDS & ZEN. ;-)

John


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