Editing Digital Research (section)

== 1991–2014: Acquisition by Novell ==
{{See also|FlexOS|Novell|Caldera (company)}} 
'''Digital Research''' was purchased by [[Novell]] for {{currency|amount=80|code=USD|fmt=gaps|linked=no}}&nbsp;million in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1996-07-25 |title=Novell Founder Noorda Pushes Antitrust Suit Against Microsoft |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-25-fi-27767-story.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |quote=Novell purchased Digital Research for $80 million in 1991 as part of Noorda's strategy to compete directly with Microsoft across a broad..}}</ref>

primarily for Novell to gain access to the operating system line. [[FlexOS]], this operative system had already been adopted as the basis for the following systems:

* [[Siemens S5-DOS/MT]], 
* [[IBM 4680 OS]] 
* [[IBM 4690 OS|4690 OS]].

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