Novell networks inspire corporate confidence. (Netview for the Macintosh) (The Long View) (column)

Publication: MacWEEK

Publication Date: 05-JUL-88

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Novell networks inspire corporate confidence Novell, which dominates the market for IBM-compatible local-area networks, just tore down its "No Macs Allowed" sign. At a June 7 ceremony, the company announced NetWare for the Macintosh.

Novell is the Microsoft of network operating systems. Its NetWare runs with just about every conceivable hardware combination in the MS-DOS world, and it will be available soon to the Macintosh community.

The numbers are staggering, considering the youth of the LAN industry. There are about 220,000 NetWare-based file servers connected to more than 2 million IBM-compatible PCs. By my calculations, that's one-fifteenth of the world's PC population.

But what's the big deal? Macs and PCs have been talking to each other for years. About 100,000 Macs already are connected to MS-DOS machines, according to Apple's estimates.

TOPS started the ball rolling almost two...

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