The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Novell, Inc.

    A software development company
   specialising in networking and workgroup applications.

   Novell started life as Novell Data Systems, a computer
   hardware business.  The company was reorganised as Novell,
   Inc., and began to focus almost entirely on networking in
   1983, with the release of Novell Netware 1, a Network
   Operating System for IBM PCs.

   Novell Netware's success has left Novell in a dominant
   position in the networking market.  The product has evolved
   and now supports many hardware and software platforms
   together with WAN connectivity.

   The company has diversified in recent years, with the
   acquisition of several mainstream applications, including
   Wordperfect and Quattro Pro.  Other products include
   UnixWare, AppWare, Personal NetWare, Groupwise and
   Novell Dos 7.

   (http://novell.com/).

   (21 Sept 1995)