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The Register: Scaldera swings the axe

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 8, 2000

The Santa Cruz Operation is to shed 19 per cent of its
workforce – 190 employees – as it gets ready to hand its Unix
operations over to Caldera.

“The deep cuts affect all operations of the business across the
globe said a spokesman for SCO. However, the Tarantella business
unit of SCO escapes the axe. SCO Inc. will become Tarantella Inc.
once the merger is approved, and Caldera acquires the Unix software
and professional services core of the old SCO.”

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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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