Caldera's OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 Traditional Chinese Edition a Top Seller in Taiwan; Next Closest Linux Vendor in 6th Place.Business/High Tech Editors OREM, UT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000 Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:CALD CALD chronic active liver disease. ), a "Linux for Business" leader, today announced that its OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 Traditional Chinese Edition ranked in the top three of all non-game retail software sold in Taiwan in August. Linux distributor An organization that offers the Linux operating system as a download or on CD-ROM or DVD. See Linux distribution and Linux. , Softchina, Inc., recently announced the results in their August issue of Enter magazine. Rankings were determined from surveys submitted by nearly 60 percent of major Taiwanese software retail chains. "Caldera is a worldwide leader in the Linux for Business market," said Dr. Lung-Lung Liu, President of Shinewave International, Inc. "That market has greatly anticipated the introduction of OpenLinux eDesktop Traditional Chinese Edition. Caldera is the right kind of partner for us as together we can strengthen and expand the Linux presence in Asia." "Caldera's presence was very well received at Linuxworld in Taipei, " said Mr. Samuel Kuo, Senior Associated Vice President, Softchina, Inc. "OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 Traditional Chinese is helping take Linux to the next level in Taiwan. We welcome Caldera's strong contributions and see much Linux growth potential in Asia." "Caldera is committed to the Taiwanese market and this is the beginning of many strategic Linux solutions for Asia," said Ken Bergenthal, Director, Caldera Asia Pacific. "In addition, Caldera's OpenLearning education program is playing an important role in the Taiwan Linux education market. Using OpenLinux and OpenLearning, systems integrators and developers can now create total Linux solutions for Asia." About Caldera Systems Inc. Caldera Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALD) is a "Linux for Business" technology leader in developing and marketing successful Linux-based business solutions, including its award-winning OpenLinux, NetWare for Linux, Linux technical training, certification and support--with free 30-day phone support and on-site consulting. Caldera OpenLearning Providers offer exceptional distribution-neutral Linux training and certification based on Linux Professional Institute (LPI (Lines Per Inch) The number of lines printed in a vertical inch. (language) LPI - A PL/I interpreter for IBM PCs and workstations. ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/mirrors/msdos/pli/runpli1a.arc. E-mail: <rcg@lpi.liant.com>. (TM)) certification standards. Caldera Systems supports the open source community and is a leader in, and advocate of, Linux Standard Base See LSB. (LSB (Linux Standard Base) A standard interface (ABI) for Linux from the Linux Foundation (www.linux-foundation.org). Introduced in 2001 by the Free Standards Group, which later became the Linux Foundation, applications based on the LSB standard will run properly under (TM)) and LPI(TM). Caldera, Inc. was co-founded in 1994 by Ransom Love Ransom Love is the co-founder and former chief executive officer of Caldera, now the SCO Group. After the SCO v. IBM lawsuit was started by his successor Darl McBride, he officially terminated all relationships with the company and joined the board of directors of Progeny . Caldera Systems, Inc. was founded by Ransom Love in 1998 to develop Linux-based business solutions. Based in Orem, UT, Caldera Systems has offices and 800+ resellers worldwide. For more information, see www.calderasystems.com or in the US call 888-GO-Linux (888/465-4689). Caldera is a registered trademark of Caldera Systems, Inc. All other products, services, companies, events and publications are trademarks, registered trademarks or servicemarks of their respective owners in the U.S. and/or other countries. LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. . Forward Looking Statements The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include slower growth of or decrease in sales of eDesktop 2.4 in Taiwan and China due to, among other things, increased competition, economic turbulence, changes in regulatory regime and unfavorable exchange rates; our reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; the Company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; failure of our brand to achieve the broad recognition necessary to succeed; unenforceability of the GNU general public license A software license from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) that ensures every user receives the essential freedoms that define "free" software, which is free of restrictions (see free software). ; our reliance on third party developers of components of our software offerings; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in the Company's distribution sales channel. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are also discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . |
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