Recent SCO/Linux News

From: Avi Dines <amendoza@schwartz-pr.com>
Subject: SCO Issues Six Press Releases at SCO Forum
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:07:33 GMT


The following press releases were issued today at 8:00 AM ET in conjunction
with SCO Forum (http://www.sco.com/2003forum/). To access the full text of
each announcement, click on the corresponding link following each summary.
For more information, contact:


Blake Stowell/Mark Modersitzki
The SCO Group
(801) 932-5703
bstowell@sco.com

Avi Dines/Brian Willinksy
Schwartz Communications
(781) 684-0770
sco@schwartz-pr.com

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SCO Advances SCOx Initiative Through Strategic Alliance With Ericom Software

SCO and Ericom combine technologies to deliver a key component of the SCOx
Application Substrate; SCO customers can now cost-effectively transform SCO
operating system services and existing legacy/character-based applications
into secure, connected, feature-rich SCOx Web Services

LAS VEGAS, SCO FORUM - Aug 18, 2003 - The SCO(R) Group (SCO) (Nasdaq:
SCOX), a leading provider of business software solutions, today announced a
strategic alliance with Ericom Software, a leading provider of Web,
wireless and e-Business solutions. This strategic alliance represents SCO's
continuing commitment to its customers -- providing SCOx solutions that
cost-effectively improve the integration of operating system services,
extend the life of legacy/character-based applications and enable customers
to easily embrace Web Services solutions and tools. 

http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=116318
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SCO Announces UnixWare Office Mail Server 2.0

LAS VEGAS, SCO FORUM - Aug 18, 2003 - The SCO(R) Group (SCO) (Nasdaq:
SCOX), a leading provider of business software solutions, today announced
the availability of UnixWare Office Mail Server 2.0. Now bundled with SCO's
award-winning UnixWare Operating System, UnixWare Office Mail Server
continues to provide a reliable, easy-to-use and cost-effective mail and
collaboration server for small-to-medium sized businesses. 

http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=116319
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SCO Delivers on SCOx Web Services Initiative

LAS VEGAS, SCO FORUM - Aug 18, 2003 - The SCO(R) Group (SCO) (Nasdaq:
SCOX), a leading provider of business software solutions, today announced
the delivery of key components of its SCOx Web Services initiative. The
SCOx initiative, announced in April, will provide the technology and
programs companies need to grow their business, connect to customers and
integrate with suppliers using specialized Web Services. 

http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=116321
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SCO Announces Release of SCO Authentication 2.1 for Microsoft Active
Directory

SCO Authentication 2.1 for Microsoft Active Directory features updated
multi-domain support, solid Kerberos security, enhanced real-time
synchronization, and support for SCO OpenServer and UnixWare. 


LAS VEGAS, SCO FORUM - Aug 18, 2003 - The SCO(R) Group (SCO) (Nasdaq:
SCOX), a leading provider of business software solutions, today announced
the release of SCO Authentication 2.1 for Microsoft(R) Active Directory(R)
with updated security, platform support and scalability. 

http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=116320
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SCO Advances SCOx Initiative With Powerful Web Services Development
Environment

SCO adds Web Service-enabled, feature-rich Web presentation layer and
powerful Web application development tool to the SCOx Application Substrate
(SAS); SCOx WebFace Solution Suite 4.0 and other SCOx technologies work
together to enable legacy-to-Web migration, Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA) integration and Web Services enablement

LAS VEGAS, SCO FORUM - Aug 18, 2003 - The SCO(R) Group (SCO) (Nasdaq:
SCOX), a leading provider of business software solutions, today announced
the release of a key component of the company's SCOx initiative -- SCOx
WebFace Solution Suite 4.0. SCOx WebFace and other SCOx technologies
provide SCO customers with a cost-effective solution to migrate existing
legacy applications onto the Web, integrate service-oriented architectures,
easily build next generation Web applications, and Web Services-enable SCO
operating system services. 

http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=116322
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SCO Announces Winners of Longest Running Server Competition at Annual
Customer Conference

Eckerd and Zenez Recognized by SCO for Longest Running UNIX Servers Eckerd
runs uninterrupted for a decade on OpenServer, Zenez runs on UNIX for 20
years

LAS VEGAS, SCO FORUM - August 18, 2003 - The SCO. Group (SCO) (Nasdaq:
SCOX), a leading provider of business software solutions, today announced
the longest running SCO servers in an awards presentation at the Companys
annual SCO FORUM 2003 customer and reseller conference. Eckerd Corporation,
one of Americas largest retail drug chains, and Zenez, a leading SCO
reseller, boasted the longest running UNIX servers for both enterprise
applications and small-to-medium sized business operations. 

Eckerd operated its first pharmacy and point-of-sale applications on SCO
OpenServer in 1992, and today runs nearly 5,400 systems across all of its
stores nationwide. Each of Eckerds 2,700 stores contains two SCO servers
for pharmacy and point-of-sale (POS) functions. 

Weve had tremendous success with SCO OpenServer since its introduction
into our stores in 1992, and found it to be reliable and dependable for our
POS and pharmacy operations, said David Saunders, vice president of
technical services at Eckerd. Weve also found SCOs technical support
team to be highly effective, from the time of implementation, to regular
maintenance, to ongoing upgrades and enhancements that add to the
effectiveness of our systems. 

Zenez, a SCO reseller/ISV/IHV that distributes customized and tailored
solutions for small-to-medium size businesses, began delivering SCO
solutions to its customers in 1983. Today, Zenez has over 1000 customers,
from accounting firms to architects, automotive shops to production, who
rely on UnixWare and OpenServer to power their individual customized
applications.  

Weve upgraded and delivered SCO solutions to our customers for more than
20 years, beginning from the days of Xenix 286 to the current UnixWare and
OpenServer offerings, said Boyd Gerber, CEO of Zenez. Barring forces of
nature or an electrical power outage, weve found that our customers
critical business operations have never experienced downtime when running
our solutions powered by SCOs offerings. We have the large customer base
that we have, because the systems are so reliable. 

The winners of the competition are a testament to SCOs ongoing commitment
to offering reliable solutions, from small businesses to large enterprise
operations, said Darl McBride, president and CEO of The SCO Group. We
pride ourselves on loyal customers that continue to trust in our solutions
and resellers that maintain an ongoing partnership with us to deliver the
most reliable applications to their end users. 

About SCO 
The SCO Group (NASDAQ: SCOX), the owner of the UNIX operating system, helps
millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses.
Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than
11,000 resellers and 8,000 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.

About Eckerd 
Eckerd Corporation, a subsidiary of J.C. Penney Company, Inc., is
headquartered in Clearwater, Florida and is one of America's largest retail
drug chains with approximately 2,700 drug stores in 21 states, over 1,890
Eckerd Express one-hour photo labs in 20 states and three pharmacy mail
service facilities in three states. Eckerd Corporations 2002 revenue was
$14.6 billion. Eckerd Corporation employs over 66,000 associates
company-wide including over 16,500 pharmacy associates. As a
community-oriented retailer, Eckerd Corporation supports the causes
important to our customers and our associates by providing funding to
nonprofit organizations that focus on issues relating to health care and
education, which specifically benefit children, women and seniors. (For
additional company information visit our website on the Internet at
www.eckerd.com or the JCPenney website at www.jcpenney.net.)

SCO, SCOx, UnixWare and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Caldera International, Inc. in the U.S. and other
countries. UNIX, used under an exclusive license, is a registered trademark
of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Linux is a
registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. 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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