Re:In a nutshell, why is NetWare better than MS? (Score 1)

They are obviously not bulletproof or they would still be on top. They took too long to innovate after v3 but technologies like iPrint, iFolder and Server Clustering are still way ahead of MS' offerings. Novell Directory Service has been around since the early 90's (93?) - NT didn't see Active Directory until 2000?!!?

I don't know uptimes on current versions of NetWare/Open Enterprise Server but I've actually seen a NetWare 3 Server with over 7 years on the clock before we had to shut it down to move it and that was many years ago. NetWare did what it was supposed to do - it's still a great File & Print Server. Show me a Windows Print Server and I'll show you a lack of planning and an Administrative Nightmare...

Novell fell victim to a lack of foresight and a lack of Marketing. The Internet and the lack of applications on NetWare caused a serious downward spiral just when Microsoft was making inroads with NT.

NT was (is?) User Stupid - almost any moron could set up a Domain (broken or otherwise) without effort. To this day, I know techs that won't touch Linux or NetWare because it's "too hard"...