Caldera Systems Announces OpenLinux Certified as Y2K Compliant; Newly-Completed Study Independently Assures OpenLinux Users of Y2K Readiness.OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1999-- 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. Wednesday announced that its flagship product, OpenLinux, has been certified Y2K-ready on Intel platforms by independent laboratory, KeyLabs, based in Lindon, Utah. "The purpose of Caldera Systems' Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 initiative has always been to help users of OpenLinux to meet their Y2K verification and validation Verification and Validation (V&V) is the process of checking that a product, service, or system meets specifications and that it fulfills its intended purpose. These are critical components of a quality management system such as ISO 9000. programs. With this testing milestone, customers can continue to the deployment of OpenLinux now and through the year 2000," said Erik Hughes, director, product marketing at Caldera Systems. "Rather than merely testing a few command line utilities, our Y2K testing methodology tests forced, roll over, and data calculations across more than 150 base Linux packages running on Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 and soon to be released 2.3," explained Matt Mace, director of quality assurance at KeyLabs. Keylabs' testing suite included not only Y2K validation suites of both date and time for the roll over into the year 2000, but also leap year leap year: see calendar. , leap day, and the successful calculation of days of the week and year-end rollover through 2035. Details of the test suite and the results are freely available at http://www.keylabs.com/caldera. "As Linux moves into the enterprise, companies can't afford to leave Y2K testing to chance," said JD Brisk, president and chief executive officer of KeyLabs. "The independent validation testing performed by KeyLabs for Caldera covers both the OS and package level, helping OpenLinux and its supporting applications cross the century mark with precision and confidence." About Caldera Systems Caldera Systems Inc. is the Linux for Business technology leader in designing, developing and marketing Linux-based business solutions including OpenLinux, NetWare for Linux, Linux technical training, certification and support. Caldera Systems can be reached at 888-GO-Linux (888-465-4689) or via E-mail at linux@calderasystems.com. To become an OpenLinux reseller, please visit www.linuxreseller.com. To access the Caldera Systems Web site, please bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. http://www.calderasystems.com. Caldera Systems Inc. is a Canopy Group holding under the Ray Noorda/Canopy Group Investment Company. Ray Noorda is the former chief executive officer of Novell Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) About KeyLabs KeyLabs Inc., located in Lindon, is the industry's largest independent network test lab. KeyLabs' unique test facility offers a full suite of cost-effective certifications, benchmarking, performance and scalability analysis, compatibility and stress testing Determining the durability of a system by pushing it to its limits. Stress testing a network is performed by transmitting excessive numbers of packets or attempting to break in illegally. , and custom test solutions. KeyLabs is a privately owned corporation. More company information can be found at http://www.keylabs.com. |
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