Caldera International, Inc. today announced it will change its
name to The SCO Group (SCO) upon shareholder approval and will
change the name of Caldera OpenLinux to SCO Linux as of version
4.0, due out this Fall.
The new name draws upon the company’s significant brand
recognition in its SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare product lines.
In addition, the renaming enables solution providers to use the
strength of the SCO brand when selling Linux solutions, including
SCO’s Linux based product powered by UnitedLinux to be released
later this year.
“The name change to SCO from Caldera builds on a strong market
position which we will extend as we reinvent the SCO brand,” said
Darl McBride, president and CEO, SCO. “For more than two decades,
the SCO name has been synonymous with reliability, stability and
cost efficiency. Now, the coexistence and collaboration of UNIX and
Linux systems from a single source offers our customers and channel
partners a powerful choice of solutions, backed by a name that
powers millions of servers around the world – SCO.”
“The SCO name change carries over to current Caldera branded
solutions:
- Caldera OpenLinux becomes SCO Linux powered by UnitedLinux
- Caldera Open UNIX becomes SCO UnixWare
- The Caldera Partner Program becomes TeamSCO
- Caldera Global Services becomes SCO Global Services
SCO OpenServer will retain its name. In addition, it is
anticipated that the company will adopt SCOX as the new trading
symbol for its common stock.
The company also used its GeoFORUM conference to introduce new
versions of SCO OpenServer 5.0.7, SCO UnixWare 7.1.3, and SCO Linux
4.0.
SCO Linux 4.0, powered by UnitedLinux, is a joint development
effort from SCO, Conectiva, SuSE and Turbolinux. The UnitedLinux
companies produced the first closed pre-release beta in early
August and expect to have an open beta available in late September.
UnitedLinux has received broad industry support from partners such
as AMD, Computer Associates, HP, IBM, Intel, and many others. The
first version of SCO Linux 4.0, powered by UnitedLinux, is expected
to be available in November.