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SCOsource
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Announcing the creation of…
A new organization in SCO with the charter to create new licensing programs for our
UNIX intellectual property
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SCO’s History
The invention of UNIX at Bell Labs
SCO establishes UNIX on Intel
Unix Systems Laboratories source code and UnixWare acquired by SCO
in 1995
Merges with SCO in 2001
Develops UNIX derivatives Xenix, OpenServer, bringing UNIX
to the Intel volume market and setting the stage for Linux
1994Caldera established to develop
commercial Linux distribution
1979
1969
2003 SCO establishes SCOsource
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UNIX History
Click on a section of the chart to see an enlarged view
UnixWare®
OpenServer®
Linux®
The SCO Group Pedigree of Intellectual Property
UNIX History Chart Copyright © 1996-2002 Eric Levenez
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Why license SCO’s Intellectual Property?
Customers are requesting it
Increase shareholder value through existing IP
Strengthen Linux by licensing value-add IP
Increase UNIX application use on Linux
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First Deliverable
SCO’s Shared UNIX Libraries from OpenServer and UnixWare for use with Linux Already in use among many enterprise customers Already encouraged by many Linux vendors Increases the number of UNIX applications available to Linux
Upcoming Plans for SCOsource
SCO System V for Linux
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How UNIX Applications run on UNIX using SCO Shared Libraries
•In the late 1980s, SCO created an open specification called ibcs2 (Intel Binary Compatibility Standard) to allow UNIX applications to run on Intel standard hardware using SCO’s shared libraries.
•These shared libraries include SVR3.x - SVR5.
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•Because ibcs2 is an open specification, the Linux community was able to freely copy this and rename it Linux ABI or Linux Application Binary Interface.
•In order to run UNIX apps on Linux, customers must have Linux ABI and SCO’s shared libraries.
•SCO’s shared libraries could never be licensed outside of the SCO operating systems until today.
How UNIX Applications run on Linux using SCO Shared Libraries
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How have customers previously gained these libraries?
Software VendorsCopying SCO shared libraries for use with Linux OSExample: http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/mini-HOWTO/WordPerfect-5.php3
Professional Services Organizations
The InternetMessage boards, knowledge bases, FTP sitesExample: http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/31/1999/2/0/61825/
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Licensing of SCO System V for Linux
Customer Pricing: $149 per CPU
Volume pricing available at standard SCO discounts
Current and future SCO Linux Server 4.0 customers can obtain a SCO System V for Linux license at no charge for use on SCO Linux
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Protection of SCO’s Intellectual Property
SCO has retained Boies, Schiller and Flexner to assist with: the interpretation of intellectual property, patent and
copyright law identification of violations of that law resolution of those violations
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For more information on SCOsource & SCO System V for Linux
SCO will sell SCO System V for Linux through SCO’s Major Account Sales force and through SCO’s Reseller Channel
Contact SCO
Toll free 1-888-465-4689 or 1-801-765-4999
www.sco.com/scosource
To license SCO System V for Linux
1-800-SCO-UNIX or 1-801-765-4999