DIRECTORS OF NOVELL, INC.
Eric E. Schmidt
Director since 1997
Dr. Schmidt, age 44, has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company since April 7, 1997. From 1983 until March 1997, Dr.
Schmidt held various positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc., a supplier of
network computing solutions. These positions included Chief Technology Officer
from February 1994 to March 1997 and President of Sun Technology Enterprises
from February 1991 until February 1994. Dr. Schmidt is also a director of
Siebel Systems, Inc.
John A. Young
Director since 1995
Mr. Young, age 67, has been Vice Chairman of the Board of the Company since
April 1997. Mr. Young was acting Chairman of the Novell Board of Directors
from August 1996 until April 1997. Mr. Young retired in 1992 from his position
as Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard Company, an international
computation and measurement company, a position he held for fifteen years. He
has had a long association with competitiveness issues, having chaired
President Reagan's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness and founded the
Council on Competitiveness in 1986. Mr. Young is also a director of
Affymetrix, Chevron Corp., Lucent Technology, SmithKline Beecham plc and Wells
Fargo & Co., and is a member of The Business Council.
Elaine R. Bond
Director since 1993
Ms. Bond, age 64, retired in December 1994 as a Chase Fellow and Senior
Consultant for Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York based Money Center Bank, a
position held since December 1991. Ms. Bond also served as Senior Vice
President of Systems from 1982 to 1991.
Hans-Werner Hector
Director since 1995
Mr. Hector, age 60, is a co-founder of SAP AG, Germany, an international
provider of general purpose software. Mr. Hector was a member of the Advisory
Board of SAP AG from June 1995 until December 1996. Mr. Hector also served as
Chief Executive Officer, President and Vice Chairman for SAP America, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of SAP AG, from February 1992 to January 1995. Mr.
Hector was also a Member of the Board of Directors of SAP AG from 1972 to June
1995. Mr. Hector is also a director of CAMELOT IS2 International.
Reed E. Hundt
Director since 1998
Mr. Hundt, age 51, has served as senior advisor to McKinsey & Co., a
consulting company, since November 1998. Mr. Hundt has also been a principal
at Charles Ross Partners, LLC, a firm providing consulting and investment
advise on telecommunications, since November 1997. From November 1993 to
November 1997, Mr. Hundt was chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission. Mr. Hundt is also a director of Allegiance Telcom, Inc.,
NorthPoint Communications, Inc. and Phone.com, Inc.
William N. Joy
Director since 1998
Mr. Joy, age 45, is a cofounder of Sun Microsystems, Inc., a supplier of
network computing solutions. From 1982, Mr. Joy has held various positions at
Sun Microsystems, including Chief Scientist from December 1998 to the present
and Vice President Research from 1982 to December 1998. Mr. Joy is also a
director of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jack L. Messman
Director since 1985
Mr. Messman, age 59, is Chief Executive Office and Chairman of the Board of
Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc., a management consulting and e-business
systems integration company, since August 1999. Mr. Messman served as Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Union Pacific Resources Group,
Inc., an oil and gas company, from October 1996 until August 1999. Mr. Messman
previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Pacific
Resources Group, Inc. from October 1995 to October 1996. From March 1991 to
October 1995, Mr. Messman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Union Pacific Resources Company. Mr. Messman is also a director of Cambridge
Technology Partners, Inc., Tandy Corporation, Safeguard Scientific, Inc. and
U.S. Data, Inc.
Richard L. Nolan
Director since 1998
Mr. Nolan, age 59, has served as William Barclay Harding Professor of
Management of Technology, Harvard Business School, an institution of higher
education, since September 1991. Mr. Nolan served as Chairman and Chief
Executive Office of Nolan, Norton and Company, an information technology
management consulting company, from 1977 until 1987 when the company was
acquired by KPMG. Mr. Nolan then served as Chairman of Nolan, Norton and
Company and Partner of KPMG from 1987 to 1991. Mr. Nolan is also a director of
Great Atlantic and Tea Company, Zefer Corp. and Surebridge, Inc.
Larry W. Sonsini
Director since 1988
Mr. Sonsini, age 59, has been a Member and Chairman of the Executive
Committee of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, a law
firm, for more than the last five years. Mr. Sonsini is also a director of
Brocade, Inc., Echelon Corporation, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Pixar,
Inc. and Tibco Software.