Novell Inc is said to be preparing to embed core NetWare protocols – IPX and SPX – in all future versions of Unix and add native TCP/IP support to NetWare very soon. Communications between NetWare and Unix-based systems should become easier when protocols are shared – Unix applications will become NetWare-ready and plug and play Unix and NetWare services may become the order of the day. Novell envisages Univel Inc’s NetWare-ready UnixWare desktop as the binary reference for Unix System Laboratories Inc code – independent software vendors will look to UnixWare for Unix application compatibility, it says while System V.4 and UnixWare will share the same source code by this time next year, licensed by Unix Labs.
