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Linux's Recent One-Two Punch: Page 3 of 3

Novell announced plans to move NetWare services to Linux last March and began beta-testing in the fall. The company said it remains committed to porting the services natively to the Linux kernel in NetWare 7.0, due in 2005.

"There is a huge demand for this. Novell has been losing a lot of customers to Linux in general, so they really needed to do this," said Chris Maresca, general partner at Olliance Group, Palo Alto, Calif. "The real question is whether their channel has been eroded to the point where they have a long slog to rebuild it."