Caldera Relaunches As The SCO Group

Caldera The SCO Group

The revision, dependent on shareholder approval, is evidence that Caldera never achieved the brand recognition of the old Santa Cruz Operation, or SCO, which pioneered low-cost Unix running on Intel hardware. These changes were announced at GeoForum here.

Last year, Caldera acquired the Unix assets of the Santa Cruz Operation with the aim of uniting the Unix and Linux kernels into one operating system.

Caldera OpenLinux will become SCO Linux powered by UnitedLinux. Caldera Open Unix will become SCO UnixWare, and the Caldera Partner Program will become TeamSCO.

SCO OpenServer will retain its name.

The company plans to upgrade its three operating systems in the next six months. SCO OpenServer 5.07 will add the latest hardware drivers and USB support, as well as new development tools. UnixWare 7.1.3, the follow-on to Open Unix 8.0, will also update USB support and bolster networking performance, the company said in a statement. A beta of SCO Linux 4.0 based on UniteLinux is scheduled to ship this month, with an open beta slated for September. SCO is working with Conectiva, SuSE and TurboLinux on that effort.

UnitedLinux is an effort by these Linux players to challenge Red Hat's Linux dominance.