“The new Caldera Systems, after its planned takeover of Santa
Cruz Operation’s Unix business, will combine the best of the worlds
of Linux and Unix, said Caldera chief executive Ransom Love at a
speech Monday morning — and incidentally, it will give Caldera
access to SCO’s vast, worldwide distribution channel and installed
customer base.”
“Love, along with SCO president and chief executive Doug
Michels, opened Forum 2000 (formerly SCO Forum) in Santa Cruz this
week on an upbeat note, speaking of the opportunities both
companies will gain after the sale is complete. SCO will retain
only its Tarantella division — which makes software for accessing
applications through a Web browser — and will rename itself
Tarantella.”
“Linux is the future, Love said, and the new Caldera will bring
Linux’ open source promise together with the traditional world of
Unix boxes running in all levels of businesses all over the world.
“Linux is marvellous technology at the low end, but it doesn’t
scale to the high end,” Love said.“