POA.2008

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Ryan L. Richards, Peter Green and
Elspeth Grant Pruett, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
          undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Novell,
          Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section
          16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
          thereunder;

     (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
          undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
          execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with
          the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
          stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
          with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
          fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
          required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
          documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
          undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
          form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-
          in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 2 day of Sept, 2008.


                                   Signature: /s/Scott N Semel

                                   Print Name: Scott N Semel