protocol suite, though 3.12 included basic TCP/IP support for FTP and Unix printing. Modular Design : Extended functionality using NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs)
NetWare 3.12 operated on a non-preemptive multitasking model. Its functionality was extended through —small pieces of software that could be loaded or unloaded without restarting the server. These modules handled everything from LAN and disk drivers to database engines like Btrieve. novell netware 3.12
Novell released (1998) with native TCP/IP, but it was too late. Microsoft had won the small-to-mid-market, and Active Directory (2000) buried NDS. protocol suite, though 3
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