| Sumario: | Software firm Novell, which bought WordPerfect 19 months ago in order to compete head-to-head with Microsoft, has admitted defeat, announcing on October 30, 1995, that it no longer wants to be involved with this type of software and that it is seeking a buyer for WordPerfect. Novell's loss of heart is understandable: WordPerfect's share of the word processor market has fallen from almost 70 percent in the late 1980s to less than 20 percent. In the rapidly expanding market for software “suites,” which generally contain a word processor, spreadsheet, and database from the same manufacturer, WordPerfect's share is only 5 percent, compared to Microsoft's 90 percent. The clear lesson of Novell's experience for other software companies is that it is dangerous to take on Microsoft.
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