“It’s been an interesting week for a couple of Ray Noorda’s
companies.”
“On Wednesday, Caldera Systems announced it had purchased
one-time Unix kingpin SCO and planned to release UnixWare as open
source. On Thursday, Novell swung through New York on its “Netware
isn’t dead” press tour. It looks like Utah wants back on the
technology map.”
“While it might be hard for those new to the industry to
fathom, SCO was once a true operating system powerhouse. SCO Unix
powered just about every funeral parlor and dentist office from
Santa Cruz to Somerville. Microsoft, with NT, and Sun, with
Solaris on Intel, have attempted to make inroads into the same SOHO
market, with only mixed success.”