When Novell started the appliance concept I loved the idea of the simplicity. When I configured my first appliance I couldn't believe it worked the way it did. But from a new product concept idea eDirectory sites already iPrint on OES so I bet it would have looked like duplication of a product instead of extending the product. Maybe us eDirectory guys were not expected to pick up the appliances and use them. If I was Microfocus I would convert all my products to the appliance model. Linux makes a great appliance for the average IT person. The way they use Linux you are expected to get under the hood all the time. Not every site has that kind of support. Lets face it that is why MS stuff took off.

I never understood why this was not in the first version. I like the appliance idea but I don't like the data duplication and complexity.