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In article <3gpejd$e...@interport.net> mdre...@interport.net (Michael Dreyfus) writes:
>In your opinion, will Windows 95 present a real threat to Novell?

No. Novell has no product to compete with Windows 95, so there is no threat.

>Is Novell positioned well for the next generation of networking products?

Novells NetWare 4.x _is_ the next generation, so I'll say yes. :)

>Who is their major competitor?

Microsoft in network OS (with NT AS) and desktop (office). Lotus when it
comes to GroupWare/E-mail.

>Do you have any information on their groupware and e-mail products?

Novell has strong products with GroupWise, Softsolutions, paperwise.
Lotus Notes _is_ groupware, and their strategy is very very strong.
Lotus cc:Mail also is the biggest e-mail product today.
Microsofts GroupWare/email strategy is in serious problems.
They are building themselves into a corner by only supporting Windows + NT.
Their store-and-forward messaging strategy is no good as a replication
tool. Lotus looks good here, but has nothing like Softsolutions, and their
scheduler Organiser 2.0 is still a single-user scheduler with network
support patched on top, while Novells Softsolutions is a network scheduler.

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