Press Release

Discount on Conference Fees for DeveloperNet Advanced Subscribers

Subscribers Receive 15% Discount on Attendance Fees for Selected BrainShare '96 Conferences

SAN JOSE, Ca. -- December 5, 1995 -- As a demonstration of Novell's commitment to supporting developers, Novell, Inc., today announced a 15 percent discount on fees for BrainShare Conferences in the U.S., Europe and Australia, exclusively for DeveloperNet® Advanced subscribers.

BrainShare, now in its twelfth year, is the premier technical conference for networking professionals. At BrainShare, developers have the opportunity to learn firsthand about the latest technologies and advancements for network computing. Technical breakout sessions will be presented at BrainShare '96 dealing with all phases of development, integration and support of NetWare. Special emphasis will be placed on the rollout of Net2000, Novell's codenamed universal set of APIs designed to simplify the development of distributed "smart" network applications. Developers will attend presentations by the Novell architects and engineers actually writing and supporting these key technologies, and hear keynote addresses from Novell executive management. BrainShare '96 will be held March 18-22 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Additionally, BrainShare Europe '96 will be held in Nice, France on April 21-25, 1996, and BrainShare Australia '96 in Sydney on July 10-12, 1996.

Gary Mueller, Novell's vice president of corporate developer relations, said, "The discount on BrainShare attendance for DeveloperNet Advanced subscribers demonstrates to developers that we're committed to giving them detailed, timely information on Novell's products and technologies."

DeveloperNet is a comprehensive developer relations subscription program that serves as the primary communications channel for Novell to deliver its products, SDKs, information and support to the software development community. All DeveloperNet subscribers receive a wealth of resources from Novell, including a quarterly SDK CD-ROM, one standard developer support incident, one Novell developer product, a subscription to Developer Notes, discounts on classes and literature, and more. DeveloperNet Advanced subscribers receive additional support incidents and Novell developer products, as well as the 15% BrainShare conference discount.

To register for a BrainShare conference, call 1-800-833-4862, x. 11, or access a registration form via the World Wide Web at http://brainshare.novell.com. A completed registration can also be faxed to 1-314-827-6858. DeveloperNet Advanced subscribers can qualify for the 15% discount by giving their DeveloperNet subscription PIN numbers when they register.

To subscribe to DeveloperNet by phone, call 1-800-REDWORD (1-800-733-9673), fax to 1-801-228-5080, e-mail at developerNet@novell.com, or subscribe via the World Wide Web at http://developer.novell.com.

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