Novell’s Open Enterprise Server Builds A Bridge To Linux

To understand the “what” of Novell’s Open Enterprise Server (OES) you first have to understand the “why”. Novell NetWare turned 25 this year and still has a significant number of users. Its success was largely based on doing a few things well– file and print sharing. Other capabilities were added over the years, not the least of which was Novell Directory Services (NDS) with the introduction of NetWare 4 in 1993.