Novell Data Systems was founded 1979 and started as a computer manufacturer and maker of disk operating systems. In 1983 NDSI was reincorperated as Novell Inc. and Raymond J. Noorda became president and CEO. This was the beginning of a near total domination of the LAN market. In the early 90s Novell had 70 percent of the market but slowly lost most of it when Microsoft Windows built in network capabilities matured.
Novell bought the AT&T subsidary UNIX System Laboratories in 1992 wich led to the settlement of the UCL vs BSDi+UC lawsuit.
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