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Company incorporated and renamed Novell.
Ray Noorda becomes CEO and President.
Introduces NetWare-X, NetWare-S and original version of NetWare 4.
1984
Releases NetWare 4.6.
1985
Introduces Advanced NetWare 2.0.
1987
Ships Advanced Network 2.1.
1988
Releases Advanced NetWare 2.15.
1989
Debuts NetWare 3.0; Acquires Excelan.
1991
Ships NetWare 3.11.
1992
Purchases rights to AT+T Unix.
1993
Launches NetWare 3.12 and NetWare 4.0.
Microsoft introduces Windows NT and LAN Manager 1.0
Linux debuts.
1994
Purchases QuattroPro and WordPerfect.
Noorda retires, Bob Frankenburg named CEO.
Microsoft rolls out Windows 95 and LAN Manager 2.0.
$1.998 billion total revenue; $207 million net income
1995
Sells UnixWare to Santa Cruz Organization.
$2.041 billion total revenue;
$338 million net income
Microsoft introduces Windows NT Server.
NetWare: 52.5% market share (IDC Q3)
Microsoft: 6.3% market share (IDC Q3)
1996
Sells QuattroPro and WordPerfect to Corel, transfers AT&T Unix to X/Open.
Releases GroupWise 5.
Ousts Frankenburg.
Microsoft ships Windows NT 4.0.
$1.4 billion total revenue;
$126 million net income
1997
Names Eric Schmidt CEO.
$1.007 billion total revenue, $78 million net loss
Windows NT: 36% market share
NetWare: 26.4% market share
Unix: 20.7% market share
Linux: 6.8% market share
OS/2: 6.3% market share
1998
Ships ZENworks and NetWare 5.0.
$1.084 billion total revenue
$102 million net income
Windows NT: 1.56 million copies (IDC)
NetWare: 1.05 million copies shipped (IDC)
Unix: 758,000 copies (IDC)
NetWare: 1.1 million instal
Windows NT: 463,158 installed (IDC)
OS/2: 318,421 installed (IDC)
Unix: 607,894 installed (IDC)
Other: 405,263 installed (IDC)
1999
Rolls out digitalme, Novell Internet Messaging, and Internet Caching System.
Acquires Netoria and Ukiah Software.
$1.273 billion total revenue
$191 million net income
Windows NT: 2 million copies (IDC)
NetWare: 1.1 million (IDC)
2000
Ships NetWare 5.1.
Microsoft rolls out Windows 2000.
Offers "On Demand" Services
Hosted File Services iChain
ZENworks for Servers and Networks eGuide
Acquires JustOn and PGSoft.
Reorganizes after financial shakeup.
$316 million total revenue Q1
$45 million net income
$302 million total revenue Q2
$31 million net income
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