▁because ▁many ▁employees ▁had ▁to ▁sell ▁shares ▁to ▁pay ▁their ▁tax es . ▁The ▁economy ▁of ▁Norway ▁was ▁hit ▁hard ▁and ▁employees ▁in ▁N D ▁were ▁especially ▁str icken ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁bon uses ▁having ▁been ▁paid ▁in ▁shares . ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁N D ▁stopped ▁rec ruit ing ▁new ▁employees . ▁A ▁re organ ization ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁which ▁all ▁group ▁leaders ▁were ▁laid ▁off ▁and ▁told ▁to ▁apply ▁for ▁new ▁jobs ▁as ▁project ▁leaders . ▁The ▁issue ▁resulted ▁in ▁severe ▁bad ▁media ▁coverage . ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁started ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁developing ▁a ▁strategy ▁and ▁products ▁to ▁switch ▁N D ' s ▁focus ▁to ▁open ▁standards . ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁public ly ▁launched ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁April ▁and ▁included ▁PC s , ▁Unix - ser vers ▁and ▁software ▁to ▁link ▁new ▁and ▁old ▁systems . ▁Upon ▁questions ▁from ▁a ▁journalist , ▁N D ▁also ▁announced ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁not ▁port ▁N D ▁Application ' s ▁port folio ▁to ▁Unix . ▁However , ▁the ▁journalist ' s ▁question ▁made ▁the ▁execut ives ▁realize ▁they ▁had ▁not ▁properly ▁planned ▁its ▁strategy . ▁N D ▁became ▁caught ▁between ▁two ▁customer ▁groups : ▁one ▁which ▁was ▁happy ▁with ▁the ▁existing ▁systems ▁and ▁wanted ▁N D ▁to ▁continue ▁to ▁deliver ▁its ▁own ▁system ▁and ▁software , ▁and ▁other ▁which ▁wanted ▁open ▁standards . ▁N D ' s ▁signals ▁to ▁switch ▁to ▁Unix ▁caused ▁the ▁first ▁group ▁of ▁customers ▁to ▁place ▁their ▁orders ▁on ▁hold , ▁while ▁new