Smart Partner: Can Caldera Win SCO Resellers? | Linux Today

Smart Partner: Can Caldera Win SCO Resellers?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 29, 2000

“Execs at Caldera Systems have been rolling out the red
carpet to SCO integrators with mixed success for more than two
years. But now, after buying a big chunk of the beleaguered Unix
vendor, Caldera may have a pitch they can’t refuse.”

“Still, there’s no guarantee that SCO’s integrators will jump
into bed with Caldera. After all, many SCO integrators have been
working for years with multiple Linux partners–including Red Hat
and SuSE.”

“Some SCO partners are willing to give Caldera a look. “This
merger will give Caldera more credibility than Red Hat or Suse,”
says Glenn Jacobson, CEO of Unique Systems, a Unix and Linux
integrator that works with SCO, Caldera, Red Hat and SuSE.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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