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UnixWare 7 Wins BYTE's Best Operating System Award at CeBIT 98
SCO's Newly Launched OS Gets Top Honors at World's Largest Electronic Trade
Show
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- SCO (Nasdaq: SCOC) SCO
announced today that UnixWare 7, SCO's newly launched advanced operating
system for volume Intel servers, has won BYTE Magazine's Best Operating System
award at this year's CeBIT show, held this week in Hannover, Germany. UnixWare
7 received the top honors in its category, beating out competing products from
leading companies around the world. To win the BYTE award, products must have
the potential to change the modern day computing landscape, be innovative, and
be "way cool." UnixWare 7 met all the criteria -- and much more.
"CeBIT showcases technology from all over the world," said Doug Michels,
SCO CTO and executive vice president. "With tens of thousands of products at
CeBIT, UnixWare 7 clearly stood out because of its superior features and
capabilities. We are proud to receive this award."
CeBIT is World's Largest Electronic Trade Show
CeBIT is the world's largest high tech show, attracting some
720,000 visitors to see over 7,000 exhibitors from around the world. Held
annually in Hannover, Germany, CeBIT awards winning products that break new
ground, and that will have an impact on the industry.
Editors from BYTE Magazine choose the individual categories based on the
exhibited products at CeBIT. The products must have been introduced within
90 days prior to CeBIT and shown on the show floor.
SCO's Malcolm Etchells Accepts Award
Malcolm Etchells, Regional Director Central Europe, was on hand at CeBIT
to receive the award. "SCO is very pleased and honored to accept this award
from Byte today and we believe that the decision criteria for the award
emphasizes the impact UnixWare 7 will have on the server market," he said.
"Over the past twenty years UNIX has changed the computing landscape, and
UnixWare 7 will continue that tradition. Innovation in the computer industry
has always come from the UNIX side of the business."
UnixWare 7
UnixWare 7 combines the power and capabilities of the UNIX operating
system with the economics of the Intel platform to provide the most robust OS
and hardware combination in the industry. SCO created UnixWare 7 by building
upon the rock-solid UNIX SVR4 foundation with an eye to the future.
OEMs including Compaq, Data General, HP, Hyundai, IBM, ICL HPS,
Fujitsu/ICL in Europe, Siemens Nixdorf, Unisys and others, have endorsed the
UnixWare platform as the standard UNIX operating system for volume Intel
processor-based servers. Leading ISVs such as Oracle, Baan, BEA, CA, IBM DB2,
Informix, Netscape, Progress, Sybase, and others have also endorsed the
UnixWare platform whose customers can benefit from the new features and
functionality in UnixWare 7.
About SCO
SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems,
and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients of
all kinds -- including, PCs, character terminals, and NCs -- to have Webtop
access to business-critical applications running an servers of all kinds. SCO
designed Tarantella software, the world's first application broker for network
computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of
distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information,
see SCO's WWW home page at sco.com
NOTE: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, Tarantella and
UnixWare are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation,
Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The
Open Group in the US and other countries. All other brand or product names
are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of,
their respective owner.
SOURCE The Santa Cruz Operation
CONTACT: Monika Laud of SCO, 408-427-7421, or monikal@sco.com
Web Site: sco.com |
