[ale] Linux as has-been OS <G>

[tfreeman]

On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Dan Newcombe wrote:

> > Has Novell gotton their hands on Caldera also? Does anyone know the pro's and con's about Caldera vs RH?
> 
> Caldera is built on top of Red Hat, and has some extra stuff on top of it,

The first release of Caldera was built on top of Red Hat. Since then, they 
purchased an European distribution and are working with that. One friend
of mine opined some time ago that Caldera was distributing the best
Netware management system to date. I haven't asked since then, and things
may have changed.

> plus almost any commercial apps developed for Linux are really only
> "guarenteed" to work w/ Caldera.
> 
> The Novell connection to Caldera is that Caldera was founded/funded by Ray
> Noorda, the ex head of Novell who hates Microsoft with a passion. 
> 
> --
> Dan Newcombe                                      newcombe at mordor.clayton.edu
> "Maybe you were always beyond my reach and my heart was playing safe, But was
>  that love in your eye I saw or the reflection of mine?"  --Marillion
> 
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