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<h2 id="history-of-dr-dos">History of DR-DOS</h2> <p>In 1994, Bryan W. Sparks, with help from <a href="/facts/Novell/lABGMT7U">Novell</a>'s <a href="/facts/Raymond_John_Noorda/CCrH8R7V">Raymond John Noorda</a>, founded <a href="/facts/Caldera%2c_Inc./kynkzN7d">Caldera, Inc.</a> Caldera bought DR-DOS from <a href="/facts/Novell/lABGMT7U">Novell</a> in 1996.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lineo/Vb7IEglG">Lineo</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180705033720/http://drdos.com/">Official website</a>[<i>usurped</i>] (archived snapshot as of 2018-07-05)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071201003322/http://www.devicelogics.com/">devicelogics.com</a> at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (archived 2007-12-01)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Conner, Deni (2002-12-16). "Start-up Revives once-vaunted DR-DOS". Network World. Lindon, Utah, USA. Archived from the original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2019-06-02. archivearchive <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/article/2338901/start-up-revives-once-vaunted-dr-dos.html" target="_blank">https://www.networkworld.com/article/2338901/start-up-revives-once-vaunted-dr-dos.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Conner, Deni (2002-02-16). "Startup Revives DR-DOS". PCWorld. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. [1] <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190417/http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,108004/article.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190417/http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,108004/article.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Siering, Peter (2002-11-20). "DR-DOS lebt". heise online (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-02-16. Retrieved 2020-02-16. <a href="https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/DR-DOS-lebt-70757.html" target="_blank">https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/DR-DOS-lebt-70757.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"DeviceLogics haucht DR-DOS neues Leben ein". Computerwoche (in German). Munich, Germany: IDG. 2002-12-16. Archived from the original on 2020-02-16. Retrieved 2020-02-16. <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/a/devicelogics-haucht-dr-dos-neues-leben-ein,535164" target="_blank">https://www.computerwoche.de/a/devicelogics-haucht-dr-dos-neues-leben-ein,535164</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Ball, Lyle; Pomeroy, Nancy, eds. (1996-09-10). "Caldera announces open source code model for DOS - DR DOS + the Internet = Caldera OpenDOS". Provo, Utah, USA: Caldera, Inc. Archived from the original on 1996-10-18. Retrieved 2019-06-20. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19961018220910/http://caldera.com/news/pr002.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/19961018220910/http://caldera.com/news/pr002.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>