If Novell Inc has its way, users of the Citrix Systems Inc thin client networking model will soon have directory services. Novell and Citrix have put their heads together to develop a version of Novell Directory Services (NDS) for WinFrame and MetaFrame. Citrix should also support directory-based desktop management tool ZENworks real soon now. Maybe the best thing about the new software is its price. As of the end of September, Novell will give the Novell client for NT (version 4.5) free of charge to companies already running Microsoft NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition and MetaFrame. That client should also ship with NetWare 5 and ZENworks 1.1, if all goes as planned. Downloads for Citrix WinFrame customers are promised in the same time frame.