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Ray Noorda Dead at 82

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the important-pieces-of-history dept.

HaeMaker writes to tell us that Ray Noorda passed away today at the age of 82. Noorda was best known for his leadership role at the helm of Novell Inc. Known to some as the "father of network computing" Noorda took the then small Novell from around 17 employees to well over 12,000.

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  1. Uh, who died...? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The father of Netware died. Although I briefly knew of the technology and faced obscure questions on some of the certification exams that I took, I shuddered at the horror of working in such an environment. Then I reminded myself that I should consider myself fortunate that I missed out on Windows NT entirely. There are some things worse than death itself.