 But there have not been, and on Micro Focus forums a number of people have lamented the disappearance of a conference that they enjoyed attending or presenting at and always found worthwhile.In the 1990s Salford Computing Services at the University of Salford struck a long-term licensing deal to make Novell (predominantly NetWare) site-licences available to universities and other higher educational institutions within the UK.This was very successful, and an annual technical conference was held at the university which Novell fully endorsed and supported.