Caldera Names David Acheson Director of Education; New Executive Globalizes Caldera OpenLearning.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 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. ) Wednesday announced the appointment of David Acheson David Campion Acheson (born 4 November 1921, Washington DC) is an American lawyer and the a son of former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson. David Acheson graduated from Yale University, where he was President of the Yale Political Union with a B.A. in 1942 and received a L. as director of education. Acheson is responsible for the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of Caldera OpenLearning, Caldera's composite education and training program, through managing the worldwide marketing of OpenLearning programs and products. Previous to this promotion, Acheson served as Caldera's international marketing manager. "David's background in international marketing and the IT training industry compliments Caldera's Linux-for-business focus," said Ransom Love, president and chief executive officer of Caldera Systems. "Under his direction, Caldera is establishing partnerships with IT training organizations around the world to provide the highest quality training and certification on Linux(R) and Caldera Systems' products." "With increased global demands for Linux, promoting Caldera's high-quality, solutions-based curriculum for Linux and Open Source software is a great opportunity and challenge," Acheson said. Prior to Caldera, Acheson served as the worldwide training channel development manager at Microsoft(R) in Redmond, Wash. Previous to Microsoft, Acheson was the manager of education channel programs at Novell(R). Acheson holds a post-graduate degree in international law from the University of Edinburgh (body, education) University of Edinburgh - A university in the centre of Scotland's capital. The University of Edinburgh has been promoting and setting standards in education for over 400 years. , a law degree from the Seattle University School of Law and a bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. . He was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1988. About Caldera OpenLearning OpenLearning is Caldera's designation for its education program that incorporates relationships with worldwide IT training organizations. Caldera recently announced the OpenLinux(TM) Solutions Series, which comprises courses designed to educate IT professionals to deploy and manage specialized servers. Caldera OpenLearning Courseware supports and prepares students for the industry-standard Linux Professional Institute Certification “LPIC” redirects here. For the LaTeX package[1], see lpic (software). The Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) is a certification in the field of Linux. Each LPIC level requires successful completion of two exams for certification. Exams. For more information, please visit http://www.calderasystems.com/openlearning/. Caldera Systems Inc. Caldera Systems Inc. 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. Caldera Systems Inc. was founded by Ransom Love in 1998 to develop Linux-based business solutions. Based in Orem, Caldera Systems has offices and 1,000+ resellers worldwide. For more information, see www.calderasystems.com or in the United States 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. Forward-Looking Statements The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements 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 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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