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For Immediate Release
Press Contact:
Jodi Reinman
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Tel: 831-427-7047
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Caldera and SCO Unveil First Steps Along the Path To a Linux and UNIX
Marriage
Enterprise Customers Can Now Reap Benefits of New
Technology and Service Offerings
Forum2000, SANTA CRUZ, CA (August 21, 2000) - Caldera Systems,
Inc., (Nasdaq: CALD), a "Linux for Business" leader and the Server Software
Division of SCO (NASDAQ:SCOC) today announced a joint initiative to combine
and offer Linux and UNIX server solutions and services worldwide.
The new offerings, announced today at Forum2000, include the Linux Kernel
Personality for UnixWare 7 - the first technology developed to bring UnixWare
7 into the Linux business market. Also announced today is Enterprise Support
Services, SCO's worldwide support program designed to meet the business
and time-critical requirements of enterprise customers.
These offerings fall under the umbrella of the Open Internet Platform
(OIP) which combines Linux and UNIX server solutions and services. The
OIP provides commercial customers and developers with a single platform
that can scale from the thinnest of clients to the clustering needs of
the largest data center. The Open Internet Platform combines the robust
scalability of the UNIX system with the low-cost, developer-accepted Linux
operating system.
"With Caldera's pending acquisition of the SCO Server Software and Professional
Services divisions, we already see some progress in the integration of
our technologies," said Ransom Love, CEO, Caldera Systems, Inc. "We believe
that the combined strengths of Caldera and SCO are key in offering powerful
Linux and UNIX solutions to the enterprise."
"HP sees that Caldera with SCO will bring more value to the Linux and
UNIX markets. Each company has a proven record of providing the highest
standard of support for their respective markets," said Jim Bell, general
manager of HP's Open Source and Linux Operation (OSLO). "We look forward
to working with the new Caldera to see that our hardware is a well-supported
platform for their future business plans."
"SCO is very excited about the newly formed relationship with Caldera,
said David McCrabb, president, Software Server Division, SCO. "Joining
forces will escalate our ability to provide worldwide Internet solutions
to a level that the industry has not yet seen."
Caldera and Open Source
Caldera Systems is a leader in -- and supporter of -- the Open Source
movement. Please visit www.openlinux.org to download Caldera Systems'
technologies that have been open-sourced-including but not limited to-LIZARD.
Caldera Open Administration System (COAS), Webmin, OpenSLP, the NetWare
Kernel File System (NKFS) and the OpenLinux 2.2 port for Sun's SPARC(tm)
and UltraSPARC(tm)-based platforms. Caldera Systems, Inc. Caldera Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) is a "Linux for Business" technology leader in developing
and marketing successful Linux-based business solutions, including its
award-winning OpenLinux, NetWare for Linux, Linux technical training,
certification and support-with free 30-day phone support and on-site consulting.
Caldera OpenLearning Providers offer exceptional distribution-neutral
Linux training and certification based on Linux Professional Institute
(LPI) certification standards. Caldera Systems supports the open source
community and is a leader in, and advocate of Linux Standard Base (LSB)
and LPI.
Caldera, Inc. was founded in 1994. Caldera Systems, Inc. was created
in 1998 to develop Linux-based business solutions. Based in Orem, UT,
Caldera Systems has offices and 800+ resellers worldwide. For more information,
see www.calderasystems.com or in the US call 888-GO-Linux (888-465-4689).
About The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc
With headquarters in Santa Cruz, CA, The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. is
comprised of three independent divisions -Tarantella, Inc., the Server
Software Division, and the Professional Services Division. The Server
Software Division is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating
systems. Tarantella, Inc. promotes a range of software technologies and
products that web-enable any application instantly, for access by users
anywhere. The Professional Services Division helps organizations create
and deploy personalized IT strategies. The three divisions sell and support
their products and services through a worldwide network of distributors,
resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, visit
SCO's home page at www.sco.com/scoinc/
SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, the Tarantella
logo, Tarantella, UnixWare, and SCO OpenServer are trademarks or registered
trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries.
All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are
used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. Caldera
is a registered trademark of Caldera Systems, Inc. All other products,
services, companies, events and publications are trademarks, registered
trademarks or servicemarks of their respective owners in the U.S. and/or
other countries. LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements under
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Information in this
release that involves Caldera's, SCO's and, assuming the acquisition of
the SCO Server Software and Professional Services Divisions (the "Acquisition)
is completed, the combined companies' expectations, beliefs, hopes, plans,
intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include statements
about Caldera's, SCO's and the combined companies' strategies in the marketplace,
their market positions and their relationships with customers. All forward-looking
statements included in this release are based upon information available
to Caldera and SCO as of the date of the release, and neither Caldera,
SCO nor the combined companies assume any obligation to update any such
forward-looking statement. These statements are not guarantees of future
performance and actual results could differ materially from current expectations.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but
are not limited to 1) the potential disruption of Caldera's and SCO's
businesses that might result from employee or customer uncertainty, and
lack of focus following announcement of the Acquisition in connection
with integrating the operations of Caldera and SCO; 2) product integration
risk due to overlapping products and technologies; 3) the possibility
that the Acquisition might not be consummated; 4) the effects of the public
announcement of the Acquisition on Caldera's and SCO's stock prices, their
sales and operating results, their ability to attract and retain key personnel
and the progress of certain of their development projects; 5) the risk
that the announcement of the Acquisition could result in decisions by
customers to defer purchases of products of Caldera or SCO; 6) the risk
that redundancy in staffing and infrastructure could reduce efficiency
and increase costs; 7) the difficulties of managing geographically dispersed
operations; and 8) the risk that other benefits sought to be achieved
by the Acquisition will not be achieved. These and other factors are risks
associated with Caldera's and SCO's businesses that may affect their operating
results and are discussed in SCO's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 1999 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") on December 28, 1999 and Caldera's and SCO's quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.Additional Information and Where
to Find It: It is expected that Caldera will file a Registration Statement
on SEC Form S-4 and Caldera and SCO will file a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
with the SEC in connection with the Acquisition, and that Caldera and
SCO will mail a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to stockholders of Caldera
and SCO containing information about the Acquisition. Investors and security
holders are urged to read the Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus carefully when they are available. The Registration
Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will contain important
information about Caldera, SCO, the Acquisition, the persons soliciting
proxies relating to the Acquisition, their interests in the Acquisition,
and related matters. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain
free copies of these documents through the website maintained by the SEC
at http://www.sec.gov. Free copies of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
and these other documents may also be obtained from Caldera by directing
a request through the Investors Relations portion of Caldera's Web site
at http://www.caldera.com or by mail to Caldera Systems, Inc., 240 West
Center Street, Orem, Utah 84057, attention: Investor Relations, telephone
(801) 765-4999.In addition to the Registration Statement and the Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Caldera and SCO file annual, quarterly and
special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC.
You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information filed
by Caldera or SCO at the SEC public reference rooms at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 or at any of the SEC's other public reference
rooms in New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois. Please call the SEC
at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms.
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