208:. The inspiration behind the Sniffer was an internal test tool that had been developed within Nestar. Between the company's inception and the end of 1988, the Sniffer became Network General's flagship product, and the company sold $ 8.9 million worth of Sniffers and associated services, earning them $ 1.8 million in net profit. Financing was initially provided only by the founders until an investment of several million by
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197:, his first startup dedicated to computer networking, in October 1978 with three others, including Shustek, Jim Hinds and Nick Fortis. Although successful at first, Nestar eventually floundered and was sold off in 1986. Deciding they wanted another go at a computer networking company, Saal and Shustek founded Network General in
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169:(MCAF) for $ 1.3 billion, and the two companies merged to form Network Associates. In 2004, Network Associates sold off most of the patents originally belonging to Network General to a group of investors including Saal, who founded a new Network General Corporation. In 2007,
232:. The company then grew to have 225 total employees in its workforce across 19 worldwide offices. Progressive Computing was kept around as an independent subsidiary of Network General; they released a handheld WAN protocol analyzer, the LM1 PocketScope, in early 1992.
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