Work in Progress
This is a brief timeline of NetWare releases. Please note that it is very difficult to find authoritative information on NetWare releases prior to 1990 or so. The timeline for products before about 1986 is incomplete.
Many of the old release dates are based on notes in the relevant documentation. Whenever possible, they are corroborated by contemporary press reports and/or surviving media. Notes in square brackets indicates the source(s) of information. Note that the installation media may be dated several weeks earlier than the official release date.
- NetWare 68 v2.0a—December 1985 [doc]
- NetWare/86 v2.0a—January 1986 [doc]
- NetWare/286 v2.0a—December 1986 [doc]
- ELS NetWare Level I v2.0a—September 1987 [doc]
- NetWare v2.1—November 1987 [doc]
- SFT NetWare 68 v2.1—February 1988 [doc]
- NetWare v2.11—May 1988 [doc]
- ELS NetWare Level II v2.12—August 1988 [doc]
- NetWare for VMS v2.0a—September 1988 [doc, PR]
- OS/2 Requester v1.0—September 1988 [PR]
- ELS NetWare Level II v2.15—May 1989 [PR]
- NetWare 386 (v3.0)—September 1989 [PR, doc]
- OS/2 Requester v1.1—September 1989 [PR, doc]
- NetWare for VMS v2.1—November 1989 [PR]
- ELS NetWare Level I v2.12—March 1990 [PR, doc]
- OS/2 Requester v1.2—May 1990 [doc]
- NetWare 3.1—July 1990 [floppy listing, PR]
- NetWare v2.2—March 1991 [PR, doc, media]
- NetWare 3.11—March 1991 [doc, media]
- OS/2 Requester v1.3—April 1991 [doc]
- NetWare NFS—April 1991 [PR]
- NetWare Lite v1.0—September 1991 [doc]
- NetWare for SAA 1.2—March 1992 [PR]
- NetWare Lite v1.1—July 1992[PR]
- Netware 3.11 SFT III controlled release—October 1992 [PR]
- UnixWare 1.0—December 1992 [Univel PR]
- NetWare 3.11 SFT III—February 1993 [PR]
- NetWare 4.0—April 1993 [press, media]
- NetWare 4.01—July 1993 [press, media]
- NetWare for OS/2—August 1993 [PR]
- NetWare 3.12—September 1993 [PR, press, media]
- UnixWare 1.1—December 1993 [PR]
- NetWare 4.02—July 1994 [press]
- NetWare 4.1—December 1994 [press, media]
- UnixWare 2.0—January 1995 [PR]
- NetWare 4.11—September 1996 [doc, media]
- NetWare 3.2—December 1997 [press, media]
- NetWare 5.0—September 1998 [Novell web]
- NetWare 4.2—November 1999 [Novell web]
- NetWare 5.1—January 2000 [press]
- NetWare 6.0—October 2001 [press]
- NetWare 6.5—August 2003 [press]