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From: Laura Sexton <mdopp@schwartz-pr.com>
Subject: SCO Announces UNIX Licensing Deal With Microsoft
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:25:04 GMT

SCO ANNOUNCES UNIX LICENSING DEAL WITH MICROSOFT 

SCO licenses UNIX patents and source code to Microsoft

LINDON, Utah-May 19, 2003-The SCO. Group (SCO) (Nasdaq: SCOX), the owner 
of the UNIX. operating system, today announced it has licensed its UNIX
technology including a patent and source code licenses to Microsoft. Corporation.
The licensing deal ensures Microsofts intellectual property compliance across all
Microsoft solutions and will better enable Microsoft to ensure compatibility with
UNIX and UNIX services.

"There are many companies in the IT industry who acknowledge and respect the 
intellectual property of software," said Chris Sontag, senior vice president and
general manager for SCOs intellectual property division. "With this announcement,
Microsoft is clearly showing the importance of maintaining compatibility with UNIX
and Microsofts software solutions through their software licensing. This important
step will better help their customers implement UNIX and Windows. solutions."  

Microsoft joins thousands of IT companies, educational institutions and customers and 
that have licensed the UNIX source code for the benefit of their organizations. UNIX is 
one of the most widely used operating systems in the industry for implementing highly 
scalable computing solutions for high-end computing. 

About The SCO Group
The SCO Group (NASDAQ: SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to
grow their businesses with UNIX business solutions. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO
has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global
Services provides reliable localized support and services to all partners and customers.
For more information on SCO products and services visit http://www.sco.com.

SCO, TeamSCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Caldera International, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX is a registered
trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Microsoft is a
registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand or product names are or
may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective
owners.


Contact:
Blake Stowell
The SCO Group
bstowell@sco.com
Tel:  (801) 932-5703
www.sco.com 

Laura Sexton/Avi Dines
Schwartz Communications
sco@schwartz-pr.com 
Tel:  (781) 684-0770

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