Sammy... when did you start supporting Microsoft products? When did you support Novel Servers? For me it was Windows 3.1 then 3.11 and Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server along with Novel Netware servers 3..12, then 4.0 and on to 6.5. Microsoft hated Novel as well. It was very common for a patch to break the Netware client.. almost like every time MS came out with an update something else broke that was not related and not their product that they were in competition with. This was way before Active Directory day... what MS wanted out of Netware.. their Netware Directory Services aka NDS.
MS has a history if you were there to see it and support their products in the 90's breaking other people shit they were in competition with.
But you know everything so I am probably wrong.