1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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.