Details on thisare sketchy at best at this early stage, however. Perhaps this means thatMicrosoft BackOffice applications like SQL Server and Exchange will somehowwork transparently on NDS-serviced networks, but I'm skeptical. Rewritingapplications to support Net2000 APIs directly may be easier, but this meanswaiting on application vendors instead of Novell. It may be 1997 or later before all this vision becomes any sort ofreality. Still, visions are comforting, even if they are only vaporwareat the moment.
Businesses have to plan ahead.
So, the new wardrobe is stillred. I wish Novell wasn't trying to sell this as an unbiased API set. Not onlyare the new clothes red, underneath the emperor's clothes is a very Novellred skin tone. It's possible that Novell's body of products will give corporationsreal value, but the flashy wardrobe update shouldn't conceal the fact thatit's Novell's services and products behind all the Novell APIs. Don't expectto take advantage of Net2000 without implementing NetWare just about everywhere.