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Life is full of bittersweet farewells. We're about to say another one to an old and dear personal friend, NetWare 3.2. On Halloween, Novell's big treat (to itself) will be to cease production and sales of NetWare 3.2, including all support a short time later. It says it wants to do the same for NetWare 4.x within three months.
Novell's real trick, however, will be in marketing this new strategy in such a way as not to frighten or frustrate even more of its existing customer base into defecting to other platforms. Novell is trying to appease these customers with NetWare 5.0. But let's face it. The reason we're all so sad to see NetWare 3.x go the way of the Dodo is...