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Subject: Re: NetWare and TCP/IP
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Date: 25 Jul 89 00:54:53 GMT
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     For a number of years now, Novell has been promising to open up their
     protocol stack in much the same way as Microsoft did (attempted to
     do) with LAN Manager.  The latest article I saw was about three
     months ago (LAN Times) and predicted a projected delivery date about
     end of 1990.

     leo j mclaughlin iii

Novell has released the spec for the ODI (Open Driver Interface) that
supports protocols other than the Novell stack (IPX,SPX etc).  The spec is
available from Novell now.  The first system software to actually use that
spec for drivers is the 386 Netware which has been announced by them to be
available by end of 1989 (recollection of actual announcement).

        -Alan Marshall, VP Proteon Inc.
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