“With Caldera’s acquisition of the pair of SCO units due to
become final in October, Santa Cruz, Calif.-based SCO will take
on the Tarantella name as its official corporate identity, SCO
said Monday. Both the renaming and the purchase of SCO’s two
businesses for $7 million in cash and 28 percent of Caldera’s stock
depend on shareholder and regulatory approval.”
“In an effort to bring Unix into the Linux business market, SCO
Monday said it has developed the Linux Kernel Personality (LKP)
for UnixWare 7. While keeping the major Unix attributes
intact, the LKP technology helps unify UnixWare with Linux at
the kernel level and includes a complete Linux environment.
Additionally, Linux applications can be installed and run on
UnixWare 7 without the need for modification — features the
company said will give users a chance to utilize Linux applications
and middleware.”
“Additionally, SCO’s Server Software division on Monday promoted
a suite of enterprise support services to help customers with
business and time-critical problems. Compaq and Unisys have agreed
to implement these services and will have SCO train and certify IT
professionals on UnixWare 7 and UnixWare 7 NonStop Clusters
software. Compaq and Unisys will sweeten the deal by giving
business-critical support to SCO customers, the pair said in a
statement.”