[rescue] Novell Netware

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

What killed Novell Netware were 2 things:

1.  Microsoft wrote a Netware connector that allowed NT to share Netware print queues and file services and avoid the per-user licensing fees of Netware.  This killed Netware's cash cow business model.

2. People figured out that VARs loved Netware because it was arcane enough to generate big $$$ in consulting. I recall even in 1994 having to pay $85/hour in Pennsylvania for NW consultants; and you needed either expensive NW trained IT staff or you paid for consulting. 

You needed to re-compile (well, re-link) the DOS/Win3.1 drivers separately for each network card and you had to give the proper hex address (ISA cards) or the drivers wouldn't work.

Once you could sort-of click your way through NT menus and discover what you needed to know... NW was finished.

Cheers

Patrick