Novell had announced its plans to move NetWare services to Linux at its BrainShare conference this past March. The services moved into beta testing this fall. Novell said it remains committed to porting the services to the native Linux kernel.
Solution providers say it's too early to tell if the services will catch on, but Novell's ambitious Linux road map is causing many in the NetWare camp to halt their defection plans.
"I do not have any customers using it yet, but many are interested," said Michael Goldstein, vice president at LAN Associates, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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