▁customers ▁did ▁not ▁order ▁because ▁N D ' s ▁Unix - based ▁products ▁did ▁not ▁exist ▁yet . ▁ ▁N D ▁started ▁working ▁to ▁find ▁new ▁market ▁segments ▁it ▁could ▁create ▁tail or - made ▁systems ▁for ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁its ▁existing ▁product ▁lines . ▁The ▁first ▁such ▁market ▁was ▁computer - a ided ▁design ▁and ▁computer - a ided ▁manufact uring , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁largely ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁international ▁sales ▁divisions . ▁Of ▁fear ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁failing ▁completely ▁to ▁the ▁side , ▁projects ▁were ▁abandoned ▁as ▁was ▁the ▁N d ix ▁project . ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁year ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁that ▁Nor sk ▁Data ▁did ▁not ▁make ▁a ▁profit . ▁That ▁year ▁also ▁saw ▁the ▁company ' s ▁share ▁equ ity ▁hal ve . ▁ ▁Sp in - offs ▁and ▁finale ▁ ▁Management ▁announced ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁January ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁a ▁major ▁rest ruct uring ▁of ▁the ▁company . ▁The ▁development ▁division ▁would ▁be ▁reduced ▁from ▁several ▁hundred ▁to ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁hundred ▁employees , ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁large ▁down - scal ing ▁in ▁the ▁foreign ▁sales ▁offices ▁and ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Unix - based ▁systems ▁would ▁be ▁sp un ▁off ▁in ▁Dol ph in ▁Server ▁Technology . ▁N D ▁would ▁not ▁develop ▁its ▁own ▁hardware ▁any ▁more , ▁but ▁purchase ▁components ▁from ▁third ▁parties , ▁including ▁Dol ph in . ▁At ▁a ▁public ▁meeting , ▁Sk år ▁respond ed ▁to ▁a ▁question ▁by ▁stating ▁that ▁Not is