Posted in Shovel Awards Ray Noorda of Novell Dies Evilware October 10, 2006 Leave a Comment on Ray Noorda of Novell Dies Ray Noorda, the former Novell Inc. chief executive hailed as “The Father of Network Computing” died on Monday (October 9th, 2006) at his Utah home, do to an Alzheimer’s-related illness. Author: Evilware