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Show NOVELL: (Continued from Page 93) joined the company. Noorda. immediately began changing the company's product ottering to take advantage of its strong software products. The code which Superset had written was the basis for the majority of Novell's products, including its market leading NetWare. In 1983. Novell acquired the NetWare technology from Superset. Sales for 1983 were a relatively modest S3. 8 million, but nearlv tripled in 1994 to $10.9 million. And it was in 1984 that Novell started a new trade showconference: NetWorld. From its initial start of a attendees. thousand few is world's the now NetWorldInterop largest trade show focused on computer networking and is owned by Softbank. Japan-base- d Historically, 1985 was a landmark vear for Novell. In January. Novell's common stock began trading in the market at $5 per share under the NASDAQ symbol NOVL. Since then. Novell has had four stock splits. Therefore, if an investor had purchased SI 0.(XK) of Novell stock when the company went public, that stock would be worth close to $450,000 today (at a $14 per share price). er two-for-o- Fiscal 1987 marked the first of several years when Novell made important acquisitions. Three companies - Santa Clara Systems. Softcraft. Inc. and CXI. Inc., were acquired in 1987. These acquisitions helped Novell establish the networking market and itself as an industry standout. Since then, other critical a and partnerships have oc.uncd. A merger in 1989 with Exc lai a leader in UNIX. Apple Macintosh standards-bas- e and technology, brought valuable new resources to veil. This merger broadened Novell s industry position in terms of technology expertise, executive talent and a greater presence in Silicon Valley. In April 1990. Novell formed Novell Japan. Ltd.. a joint venture with Japan's leading software and peripherals disf'itor. Softbank, and five of Japan ..ading computer companies - Canon. Fujitsu. NFC, Sony and Toshiba - to develop a Japanese version of NetWare 3. Through this unprecedented collaboration with Japanese industry leaders, Novell's global presence w as increased dramatically. Novell's 1991 acquisition of Digital Research, a developer of advanced operating system software expanded Novell's investment in operating system technology. Through this merger. Novel! acquired the DR DOS operating ss- . tem. which it saw as setting the standard for DOS capabilities. With the overall demise of the DOS operating system, however. Novell has since halted sales of DR DOS and shuttered it's Monterey. Calif., operations. 1991 was also the year in which Novell and IBM joined forces in product licensing, distribution and support. Through a licensing agreement IBM distributes Novell products, known as "BI.L'F BOX NETWARE" and provided NetWare service and support to cuvon ers worldw ide via IBM. This relationship was also terminated several years later, however. 1992 was one of Novell's most eventful years for strategic alliances, as it signed important technology agreements w ith AT&T. Compaq. HP. IBM. Intel. Microsoft and others djr-in- g the year. Novell also completed two acquiin 1992: sitions International Business Software and Annaiek Systems. In 1993. the acquisition binge continued as Novell purchased four firms: UNIX Systems Laboratories. Software Transformation. Serius and Fluent. 1994 w as a busy year for the networking giant. WordPerfect joined the fold in 1994 for $855 million, becoming the Novell Applications Group. At the In 1994 Ray Noorda resigned as president and CEO. and Robert was named as his Frankenberg replacement. On the product side. 1994 saw the first shipments of NetWare 4.0. Four major events occurred at Novell in 1995. One. Novell sold off its UNIX business to Santa Cm Operations. Two. NetWare 4.1 began shipping. Three. Ray Noorda retired as chairman of the board. And four. Novell announced its refocusing on its networking roots and would be selling its Business Applications Division. W hich brings us to 1996. If all goes according to plans, by the lime this article appears most of the former WordPerfect products w ill be owned by Ottawa. Canada-base- d Corel Corp. The slated purchase price was $186 million in cash, stock and future royalty and license payments. Where the future w ill take Novell, no one knows for sure. But if the last 15 years are any indication, the next 15 years should be very exciting. J Our Grandpa is really smart! He 's been selling & same time. Novell also purchased the Quattro Pro spreadsheet business from Borland international for $145 million. i s & Night Heating Air Conditioning for a Day )rf& Wtfif long, long time. 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