Is Netware Still Used?
NetWare 6.5SP8 General Support ended in 2010, with Extended Support until the end of 2015, and Self Support until the end of 2017. The replacement is Open Enterprise Server.

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Herein, is Novell dead?

Novell Is Dead; Cause Of Death Is Lack Of Focus. In yet another chapter of how the once mighty have fallen once dominant network operating system vendor Novell announced today that it's being acquired by long time mainframe connectivity vendor Attachmate.

Also Know, why did Novell NetWare fail? Netware used IPX/SPX protocol which was less Internet friendly than the TCP/IP and this again led NetWare to loose market share. The sales and marketing policy of Microsoft was so strategically positioned; Microsoft (Windows) started gaining more and more customers.

In respect to this, who still uses GroupWise?

62% of Novell GroupWise customers are in United States and 7% are in United Kingdom.

Top Countries that use Novell GroupWise.

Country Number of companies
United Kingdom 495
Canada 334
Netherlands 241
Australia 170

Who bought Novell?

Novell announced in November 2010 that it had agreed to be acquired by The Attachmate Group for US$2.2 billion, and planned to operate Novell as two units, one being SUSE.

Related Question Answers

Does anyone use Novell anymore?

So, I guess the answer is "yes" we use Novell, but not Netware or eDirectory. I use Novell and Linux in as many applications as I can - eDirectory, GroupWise, SuSE, Vibe, iPrint. And believe it or not, Novell is actually improving a lot of it's products in user-friendly ways.

Who owns Novell now?

The Attachmate Group
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