[H-GEN] Re: Novell (SUSE Linux ) SLES 9 eval

[Sandra Mansell]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 03:53:31PM +1000, Harry Phillips wrote:
> Mate of mine up the road went to an Excom marketing session and brought 
> back some glossy brochures. I noticed that Novell are offering a 
> certification program. All well and good but if no businesses are using 
> it then the tech's won't want the qualification.

Govt departments use Novell. So does TAFE and some universities. I'm
sure there are big companies using Novell, but govt was the first thing
to spring to mind. I know a lot of the Novell users I used to work with
are excited that Novell is supporting linux and building apps for it.

> I hope Novell can improve their marketing, it's such a shame to see 
> businesses switch away from them. The tech's get the blame when they 
> can't deliver the promises made by MS.

Novell marketing is crap in AU but I've seen some of the advertising
they use overseas and it's brilliant. I've always wondered why MS has
such a huge presence here and Novell is relatively unknown....

Sandra.
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