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From the beginning NetWare implemented a number of features inspired by mainframe and minicomputer systems that were not available in its competitors' products. In 1991, Novell introduced cheaper peer-to-peer networking products for DOS and Windows, unrelated to their server-centric NetWare.
Novell NetWare was a network operating system (NOS) that defined the early landscape of network computing. Debuting in the 1980s, it was among the first systems designed to facilitate file sharing, printer access, and other network services across multiple computers within a local area network (LAN).
Novell NetWare is simply designed to get used by various companies downsizing from mainframe to network of PCs. It only needs low hardware requirements and has memory protection.
NetWare wasn’t the most technically advanced networking system, but it solved the exact problem enterprises had in 1985: how to network cheap PCs without breaking the budget.
Novell was founded by two experienced executives in 1980, with the name being reportedly the misspelled French word for ‘new’ (nouveau or nouvelle). With NetWare having cornered the...
As networking was Novell's bread and butter, NetWare had excellent support for everything: clients were available for DOS, Windows, UNIX, Macintosh, OS/2 and probably other platforms I've never even heard of. The early history of NetWare is very muddled, and pre-2.0 versions have been lost to time.
Apache, MySQL*, Perl, PHP and Tomcat in NetWare 6.5 provide the best of the open source world integrated with Novell's industry-leading directory, security and management products.
Novell NetWare was a powerful network operating system (NOS) widely used in the 1980s and 1990s, especially in enterprise environments.
Novell developed with NetWare a network operating system that no complex and overweighted GUI needs for use on servers. Novell provides simple but powerful text-based menus on the command line for the configuration since the first NetWare release.
Novell, Inc.[1] (/ noʊˈvɛl /) was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014. Its most significant product was the multi-platform network operating system known as NetWare.