Ximian

Ximian, Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Computer software
Founded	Boston, Massachusetts, United States (19 October 1999)
Founder	Miguel de Icaza; Nat Friedman;
Fate	Acquired by Novell (4 August 2003)
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Ximian Desktop; Ximian Evolution; Ximian Connector;

Ximian, Inc. (previously called Helix Code and originally named International Gnome Support) was an American company that developed, sold and supported application software for Linux and Unix based on the GNOME platform. It was founded by Miguel de Icaza and Nat Friedman in 1999 and was bought by Novell in 2003. Novell continued to develop Ximian's original products, while adding support for its own GroupWise and ZENworks software.