Novell has done a new thing this year. They're allowing us to vote on the session catalog. It isn't clear yet what effect this will ultimately have, but they have well over 100 sessions up for voting right now. And you can only vote if you're registered.
Happily, I am.
It would seem that Novell is continuing and expanding on the theme of BS2005:
The cost of maintaining the self-built version vs the cost of obtaining and then supporting NAM3 is a no brainer. In no way is NAM3 worth it. This puts us in something of an unusual position, but there we are.
Linux is another story. We're getting some of it already, but the politics over who manages it is unclear. If this goes on, I may recommend one of our Unix guys follow me to BS2007 since he will get as much as I can from BrainShare. I'll be going to a few sessions, but not as many as I would had NetWare been the OS of focus.
Open Source... that is very conflicted. Most of the Open Source sessions are for developing and deploying on SLES/OES, which we're not really doing at the moment. On the other hand, there are WWU divisions that would really like to see some of that. The Hula project had been mentioned to me by more than one group. While the chances of a centralized Hula (or something) are slim to none, the chances of deploying something like that on a department level may happen.
The only sessions I saw that impacted NetWare as we all know and love it are for migration from it, running clusters, and gee-whiz new stuff. Not a lot.
Happily, I am.
It would seem that Novell is continuing and expanding on the theme of BS2005:
- Identity Management (specifically, NAM3)
- Linux
- Open Source
The cost of maintaining the self-built version vs the cost of obtaining and then supporting NAM3 is a no brainer. In no way is NAM3 worth it. This puts us in something of an unusual position, but there we are.
Linux is another story. We're getting some of it already, but the politics over who manages it is unclear. If this goes on, I may recommend one of our Unix guys follow me to BS2007 since he will get as much as I can from BrainShare. I'll be going to a few sessions, but not as many as I would had NetWare been the OS of focus.
Open Source... that is very conflicted. Most of the Open Source sessions are for developing and deploying on SLES/OES, which we're not really doing at the moment. On the other hand, there are WWU divisions that would really like to see some of that. The Hula project had been mentioned to me by more than one group. While the chances of a centralized Hula (or something) are slim to none, the chances of deploying something like that on a department level may happen.
The only sessions I saw that impacted NetWare as we all know and love it are for migration from it, running clusters, and gee-whiz new stuff. Not a lot.