Novell Inc is said to be talking to several companies, including Unix Systems Laboratories Inc, Sun Microsystems Inc and NCR Corp, about developing the Unix V.4 version of its NetWare networking software. In addition to file and print services, Novell will offer routing and local-to-wide area network integration services, previously available only from third parties. Novell is also planning an X Window front-end for NetWare servers. The Portable NetWare name is also to be phased out according to US reports: Novell vice-president Darrell Miller is quoted as saying The name ‘portable’ proved to be a detriment. It gave the impression that it wasn’t compatible or current with native NetWare, and this isn’t the case – 90% of the code is identical. Future products will be called NetWare for AIX, OS/2 and so on, Miller declared.
