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== Open Source NetWare File System ==

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In 1998, [[Ray Noorda]], the former CEO of Novell funded $1,800,000 through the [[Canopy Group]] to the Timpanogas Research Group to develop an open source instrumentation of Novell's key technologies on the Linux Operating System and Microsoft Windows. The technologies he directed to be developed were the NetWare File System and Novell's Directory Services. His interest in funding these projects was to increase the market reach of NetWare and to provide the Linux Community with additional capabilities to combat Microsoft's dominance in the area of Network Servers. Commensurate with his funding of these projects, he purchased Unix from the SCO Group and merged Caldera Systems with SCO. His intent was to enahance the capabilities of Linux to make it a viable competitor to Microsoft Windows NT platforms. In 1999 the Open Source NetWare File System was released on Linux and Windows. His intent in developing the technology on Windows was to create a common data storage architecture which would enable Windows Servers to be easily migrated to Linux or NetWare. Due to issues with his health, he stepped aside from the leadership role behind SCO and the company embarked on a disastrous campaign to subsume Linux which was contrary to his initial plans to use SCO and Novell's dominance to combat Microsoft's near complete monopoly in the area of Network File Servers. The project was later open sourced on both Windows and Linux at Mr. Noorda's request.

The NWFS on-disk format for NetWare 3.x, 4,x, and 5.x was publicly released on Linux in 1999 and 2000 by former Novell Chief Scientist Jeff Merkey and Darren Major from the Timpanogas Research Group. The specifications for 32-bit NWFS are:

The NWFS on-disk format for NetWare 3.x, 4,x, and 5.x was developed and then publicly released on Linux in 1999 and 2000 by former Novell Chief Scientist Jeff Merkey and Darren Major from the Timpanogas Research Group. The specifications for 32-bit NWFS arewas never published by Novell but the open source version published disclosed the actual specifications for NWFS:

* Maximum file size: 4 billion x 64K