[Technical] Windows vs. Novell

[Shaun Turner]

Agreed. Support companies will generally avoid anything other than
Microsoft as it doesn't take much skill IMO to run and setup a Microsoft
network.  

We up until April where a novel site. Reasons for the change I wont go
through in public as it was a management decision, not an IT based one. 

Novell is rock solid, and with its move into a Linux direction it gives
the flexibility that for some years it hasn't really had. I would go
back there again if I had the option. As far as windows only apps go, we
only had 1 windows server to run these from, and with no need for file
system access it was easy, but there are Novell native tools out there
for sharing login information if needed.

Shaun Turner
Nagle College, Bairnsdale

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Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [Technical] Windows vs. Novell

Hello Judy -

My boss is a dyed in the wool Novell person - maybe give him a call and
discuss the issue (I will bcc this to him). We have no Windows servers.
My guess is that your support company has limited Novell experience.

rgds
Jim


At 08:49 AM 16/07/2008, you wrote:
>At the moment we are using Novell and are happy with it but our support

>company are telling us we should be considering changing to Windows.  
>Just wondering if anyone has thoughts on this??  What are the 
>implications is security as good with Windows etc.
>
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>Killester College
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