From: Brian Ziel <bri...@sco.COM>
Subject: SCO Forum98 Announcements
Date: 1998/08/17
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The following announcements were made today at SCO Forum98.
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SCO SHIPS 100,000th FREE UNIX SYSTEM LICENSE
Now in its third year, SCO's Free UNIX program
is one of several giveaway programs at SCO Website
SCO FORUM98, Santa Cruz,, CA (August 17, 1998) - As SCO approaches 3
million total server shipments, the company (NASDAQ: SCOC) today announced
that it has also shipped its 100,000th free UNIX operating system, as part
of its "SCO Free Offers" program. The program, now in its third year,
provides students, educators, and UNIX system enthusiasts around the world
with free access to the most advanced and fastest growing server operating
system for the Intel platform, UnixWare 7, and the world's leading UNIX
server operating system in unit shipments according to IDC - OpenServer
(IDC does not count free operating systems in its shipment data). The free
systems are licensed for personal and non-commercial use only, and include,
among other features, Netscape FastTrack Server(tm), allowing users to run
their own personal Web server. The "SCO Free Offers" program accepts online
orders via the Web at www.sco.com/offers.
"Our SCO Free Offers program is one of several free-license programs that
we offer," said Ray Anderson, SCO's senior vice president of Marketing,
"and it has been a great success. We constantly receive e-mail from
students and educators who thank us enthusiastically for providing them
with an easy and affordable way to explore the advanced Internet and UNIX
System technologies built into SCO's UnixWare and OpenServer systems. I
first learned about UNIX Systems years ago at the University of Cambridge
in England because AT&T made early versions of the system available
free-of-charge to colleges and universities. Now, as owner of the UNIX
System licensing business, It has been a great pleasure to pass this favor
on to the next generation of students, educators, and software enthusiasts."
Free UNIX System Source Licenses Also Available
For software enthusiasts who like to explore the history of UNIX Systems
via source code, SCO also offers personal-use source-code licenses for
"ancient" versions of the UNIX System, including the Mini UNIX operating
system; the UNIX V6 operating system; the PWB UNIX operating system; and
the UNIX V7 operating system, which also covers Editions 1-5, and the 32V.
A $100 fee (which can be waived, upon application, for students or other
financial hardship cases) is charged to offset cost of legal and
administrative handling of the license. Interested parties should visit the
PDP Unix Preservation Society Web site at http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/PUPS/
for information on source code availability.
Free UNIX Systems for Universities and Colleges
SCO's Academic Seeding Program offers software, curricula, certification
programs, and more to educational institutions planning to offer courses
that meet the increasing student demand for professional UNIX System
training. To become a program member, institutions need to complete an SCO
Academic Program application, and upon receipt of it online, SCO sends
licensing agreements and additional information about curricula,
certification programs, and support options. For more information, see the
website at www.sco.com/academic.
Free Downloads of SCO Client Integration Software and Other Products
SCO also offers anyone the opportunity to try its suite of SCO Vision97
products for integrating Windows and UNIX Systems. The products include SCO
XVision Eclipse, SCO TermVision, SCO VisionFS, SCO SQL-Retriever. The
software can be downloaded for free thirty-day evaluation at
www.sco.com/vision/eval. In addition, SCO offers free downloads of many
other products for 60-day evaluation. For more information, see
www.sco.com/products. From time to time, SCO also offers free pre-release
versions of new software for testing and evaluation. Most of the UnixWare 7
product family will install and run in 60-day evaluation mode with no
additional licensing. SCO also offers an extensive archive of free software
from the Internet technical communities, including source code, in the
Skunkware(tm) archives. This software now is also distributed on CD-ROM
with SCO product media kits.
Free Memberships in SCO Developer Program
SCO also offers free memberships in its Developer Program. Benefits include
product discounts of up to 70% on development system software; listings in
the SCO Directory, updated daily and available on the Web; the Core Dump
newsletter, containing code samples, programming tips and tricks, developer
success stories, and additional useful information focused specifically at
the developer community; "Channel Connections," which enables developers to
put product information in the hands of SCO resellers, vertical solution
providers, and advanced product centers; early availability programs, which
give developers early access to SCO technologies and products, including
operating systems and development kits. Optional services include
technical support, access to SCO Advanced Development Centers for
application migration, software testing, device driver development and more.
About SCO
SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems,
and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients
of all kinds - including, PCs, X terminals, NCs, and other devices - to
have Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of
all kinds. SCO designed Tarantella software, the world's first application
broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a
worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and
OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW home page at: http://www.sco.com
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SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, 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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT:
Monika Laud
Director, Public Relations
SCO
Tel: 408-427-7421
moni...@sco.com
SCO FORUM98 SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON NETWORK COMPUTING
12th Annual International Conference Now Includes UniForum Track
SCO FORUM98, Santa Cruz, CA (August 17, 1998) - Open professionals from
around the globe today gathered in Santa Cruz to celebrate a week of
education and fellowship that features major keynotes, educational
sessions, and exclusive product previews of the latest Network Computing
technologies, including the most advanced products and services for UNIX
and Intel systems platforms. Held August 16-21 at the University of
California, Santa Cruz, SCO Forum98 features an extensive curriculum on
open system computing, including cross platform UNIX solutions, servers,
the Internet, network computing technologies, and seminars on Java
applications, as well as engineering, business and developer sessions.
"For the 12th year, computer professionals from around the world have come
to Santa Cruz to learn the answers to their most pressing IT problems,"
said Doug Michels, president and CEO, SCO. "This year SCO Forum shines a
spotlight on Network Computing, which is rapidly changing the way
organizations around the world do business. This new model enables
businesses to integrate their current systems with emerging Internet
technologies to get more from their investments than ever before. And SCO
Forum is the place to see these amazing new technologies."
NC Pavilion Features New Thin Client Technologies
Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to Network Computing, SCO Forum98 once
again hosts the popular NC Pavilion. Located at Stevenson Hall on the UCSC
campus, this year's NC Pavilion will feature live software demonstrations
from such companies as Lotus, Corel, and Conduit Software as well as
product demonstrations from leading hardware vendors including Boundless
Technologies, IBM, NCD, Sherwood Terminals, TECO, Tektronix, Telxon, and
Wyse.
Forum98--Bigger, Better, Than Ever
This year's event is bigger and better than ever. Forum98 includes four
main Session Tracks: Server, Client Integration, Developer and Business.
And, for the first time ever, SCO Forum will incorporate UniForum, the
popular open systems group. The UniForum track focuses on Network Computing
as a rallying point for uniting all UNIX vendors. SCO Forum98 also includes
showcases for specific market segments, including retail, enterprise, SMB,
telecom, and accounting. These showcases will feature the latest solutions
for their respective markets.
World's First multi-lingual Simulcast on the Web
To accommodate the worldwide demand for news coverage of SCO Forum98,
Keynote speeches from will be simulcast on the World Wide Web in English,
Portuguese and Spanish beginning Monday, August 17 at 8:30am PST. The Web
site for the live simulcasts is http://www..sco.com/forum98/webcast.
The keynote speakers include:
* Doug Michels, president and CEO, SCO
* Mary McDowell, vice president and general manager, Industry Standard
Server Division, Compaq
* Dave McAughtry, vice president of IBM's NC Division
* Howard Bubb, president and CEO, Dialogic Corporation
* A lively point-counterpoint session with Dan Kusnetzky, IDC's Program
Director of Operating Environments and Serverware services, and Paul Lavin,
a renowned European journalist, moderated by David Coursey, editor and
publisher of coursey.com.
For more information about SCO Forum98, go to www.sco.com.
About SCO
SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems,
and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients
of all kinds - including, PCs, X terminals, NCs, and other devices - to
have Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of
all kinds. SCO designed Tarantella software, the world's first application
broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a
worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and
OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW home page at: http://www.sco.com
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SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, and
Tarantella 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. Java is a
trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT:
Brian Ziel
SCO
Tel: 831-427-7252
bri...@sco.com
SCO'S UNIXWARE 7 GAINS MOMENTUM WITH INDUSTRY-LEADING ORACLE ENTERPRISE
SOLUTION SUITE
Oracle(r) Applications And Latest Version of Oracle8(tm) Now Available
SCO FORUM98, Santa Cruz, CA (August 17, 1998) - SCO (NASDAQ:SCOC) today
announced growing momentum in application support for its award-winning,
UnixWare 7 operating system. Now available for UnixWare 7 from Oracle
Corporation are the Oracle(r) Applications and the latest version of
Oracle8(tm), Oracle8.0.4, the database for network computing.
Oracle Applications offers SCO users an entire compilation of global
business applications for the enterprise. With the availability of Oracle8
on UnixWare 7, customers will benefit from a powerful, easy to use and low
cost enterprise-ready, database solution that is optimized for Internet
based computing.
"UnixWare 7 is gaining momentum in the enterprise, not only with customers,
but with application support," said Richard Treadway, SCO's vice president,
Segment Marketing. "As our customers continue to adopt a more
internet-centric approach to their business computing they will look to
solutions such as Oracle Applications and Oracle8 on UnixWare 7 to help run
their day-to-day operations. Today's announcement continues our
longstanding relationship with Oracle and support for their
industry-leading databases, applications and tools."
Oracle Applications is an integrated set of business applications to manage
critical business processes including manufacturing, supply chain,
financial management, human resources, sales and customer service. Oracle8
is Oracle's leading universal data server, designed for network computing
and with Web support, messaging, object and multimedia data support.
Oracle Applications and Oracle8 are available immediately for UnixWare 7.
Please see http://www.sco.com/unixware and http://www.oracle.com for more
information on UnixWare 7 and Oracle8, respectively.
About SCO
SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems,
and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients
of all kinds - including, PCs, X terminals, NCs, and other devices - to
have Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of
all kinds. SCO designed Tarantella software, the world's first application
broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a
worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and
OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW home page at: http://www.sco.com
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SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, Tarantella, the Tarantella
logo, SCO OpenServer and UnixWare are trademarks or registered trademarks
of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the US and other countries. Oracle8 is
a trademark of Oracle Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The
Open Group in the US and other countries. All other brand and product names
are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services
of, their respective owners.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT:
Monika Laud
Director, Public Relations
SCO
Tel:: 408-427-7421
moni...@sco.com
SCO DEMONSTRATES CROSS PLATFORM DEVICE DRIVER
First Public Demo Underscores Reality of Industry Standard
Hardware Driver Interface
SCO FORUM98, Santa Cruz, CA (August 17, 1998) - At SCO Forum98 today, SCO
and other industry members of Project UDI (Uniform Driver Interface)
demonstrated the same device driver running on multiple operating systems
from different vendors. The demonstration, the first major step toward an
industry standard hardware driver interface, underscored the reality of a
cross-OS, cross-platform portable device driver, one of the goals of
Project UDI, an open industry forum.
In the first public demonstration ever, the driver ran under SCO UnixWare
2, UnixWare 7, and Hewlett-Packard HP-UX simply by recompiling identical
driver source code. The driver has also been tested under Compaq's Digital
UNIX, and IBM AIX, and Solaris from SUN Microsystems, covering a wide range
of processor families, including Intel IA32 (x86), Alpha, PA-RISC, PowerPC,
and others. The tests ensure compatibility with both 64-bit and 32-bit
CPUs, big and little endian byte orders, and strong and weak memory
ordering. UDI currently supports SCSI Host Bus Adapters and Network
Interface Cards, with pointing devices, Fibre Channel, USB, and I2O on the
way.
The Need for a Portable Driver
A portable driver approach is critical to solving "the driver problem."
Operating system vendors can't afford to write drivers for all the hardware
that they need to support, and so in many cases look to the Independent
Hardware Vendors (IHVs) that supply the hardware to write these drivers for
them. But IHVs can't afford to write drivers for all operating systems for
each of their devices in time to meet market demands. The UDI model solves
this problem by allowing a single driver to support multiple operating
systems. IHVs can increase the number of operating systems to which they
give priority, and at the same time free up resources to concentrate on
innovation.
SCO and Project UDI Blaze Trail Toward Future
SCO sees UDI as next-generation I/O technology that enables a broad range
of products and hardware technologies. SCO continues to work with Project
UDI to advance this technology and move toward an industry standard device
driver solution.
"Project UDI is an innovative, cooperative solution to an industry-wide
problem," Ray Anderson, SCO's senior vice president Marketing. "As a leader
in the UNIX industry, SCO is in the business of advancing technology while
maintaining proven reliability and stability for our existing customers and
partners. To make sure that the needs of our ISV and IHV partners continue
to be met as we advance our technology, we promote and encourage open
standards, such as UDI."
IHVs Supports Project UDI
"UDI promises an intelligent solution to the driver dilemma, by providing
standards for writing device drivers," said Larry Robinson, Architecture
Manager at Adaptec. "UDI is a free and open forum bringing experts in
device driver architecture from multiple companies together. Adaptec is
helping to lead a number of good standards efforts that address I/O
software, protocols, hardware and systems in order to provide better
standards-based products to our customers."
Kevin Quick, Engineering Software Manager at Interphase said, "By
refocusing our development efforts on feature/functionality enhancements,
rather than porting a basic device driver to numerous operating systems, we
will be able to deliver our customers a more feature-rich and stable
product offering in a shorter period of time than was previous available
before UDI."
More information on Project UDI is available at http://www.sco.com/UDI .
About SCO
SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems,
and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients
of all kinds - including, PCs, graphical terminals, and NCs - to have
Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of all
kinds. SCO designed Tarantella software, the world's first application
broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a
worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and
OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW home page at: http://www.sco.com/.
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SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, and
Tarantella 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.
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Brian Ziel
Manager, Product PR
Tel: 831-427-7252
Fax: 831-427-5418
Email: mailto:bri...@sco.com
Press: http://www.sco.com/press
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