In November 2004, Microsoft agreed to pay Novell $536 million to resolve antitrust claims related to Novell's NetWare networking software. The same month, Novell filed a separate antitrust suit alleging that, a decade earlier, Microsoft had deliberately withheld key Windows 95 technical information after luring Novell into developing its WordPerfect word processor for the new system — sabotaging WordPerfect so Microsoft Word could dominate. Microsoft denied the claims, and after years of litigation the courts ultimately ruled in Microsoft's favor on the WordPerfect allegations, a result upheld on appeal. The disputes illustrated longstanding accusations that Microsoft manipulated access to Windows to disadvantage rival applications.