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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.

It is famous for it's NetWare network OperatingSystem, which is moving to Linux. They also have a mail server product called GroupWise which will have a Linux client in the form of Evolution after their 2003 purchase of Ximian.