Dynamic Alliance between Caldera and X Inside Brings Workstation Class Performance to Intel Desktop.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1996--X Inside is proud to announce today that their high performance X server for Linux will be bundled with the Caldera Network Desktop 1.0. With the release of the Caldera Network Desktop, Caldera will be shipping Accelerated X version 1.2 by X Inside. Accelerated X, a commercial X server, is well known in the Linux and System V communities for its ease of installation, configurability, reliability, broad range of graphics adapters supported, and very high levels of drawing performance.

Accelerated X is a sophisticated X server for UNIX operating systems that has over the last two years been pushing the performance envelope for UNIX on Intel workstations. With version 1.2 of Accelerated X and a Matrox Millennium on a Pentium 90, Accelerated X has been benchmarked at 800,000 X stones; state-of-the-art performance regardless of the processor the server is being run on. X Inside's X display technology today supports Intel architecture that can out perform many of the workstations from IBM, Sun Microsystems, HP, and Digital. Accelerated X supports a broad range of chip and graphics cards (over 357 graphics adapters), and has on going relationships with major chip and graphics board vendors such as Matrox, Diamond, ATI, Number Nine, STB, Oak Technologies, S3, Cirrus Logic, and others. X Inside has high performance X servers to support Linux, SCO, Interactive, Solaris x86, BSDZ, Net BSD, Free BSD, and Lynx.

Ransom Love, Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Caldera notes, "We were looking for a technology partner that could deliver the display technology our customers have been asking for, and that could provide simplified installation, high reliability and minimal need for technical support."

Gary Anderson, President at X Inside states, "We are rapidly becoming the high-performance de facto standard in the UNIX on Intel market. With the projections for rapid growth in the Linux market, the distribution strength of Caldera and the backing of Caldera by technology visionary Ray Noorda, we feel that this is a perfect teaming of technologies and resources. Not only are we going to be increasing our installed base of Accelerated X dramatically through this partnership, but we will also be selling through the Caldera Solutions CD our complete range of Linux products."

X Inside will place the following technologies and products on the Caldera Solutions CD.

Acclerated X 1.3 the newest version of Accelerated X which touts as new benefits, even greater graphics board support, easier install, higher performance and shared memory.

CDE (common desktop environment for Linux); CDE is a standard defined by Sun, HP, Novell and IBM to bring a common look and feel to Unix desktops.

XAV extension (UNIX audio visual extension) allows VARs and developers to build applications that require audio and video support. Teleconferencing, animation, and games are an example of applications that would require the XAV extension.

OPEN GL extension (3D standard) Open GL support for Accelerated X allows for the display of complex 3D models and user interaction with those models.

Multi-Head extension support; for users that want to support multiple displays from one processor. The most common configuration for multi-headed support is dual monitor, X Inside's Multi-Head extension can support up to 8 displays simultaneously.

Motif for Linux, includes Motif window manager, run time and development libraries. X Inside's Motif has passed the VTS test suite and X Inside is a source code licensee of OSF.

Perfect Back-up and Restore, from the developer of "Fastback for Windows," the easiest to install and use backup available today. Perfect Back-up and Restore provides maximum throughput to any supported device. Both character and Motif-based applications are available.

X Inside provides a wide range of technology products that permit users to maximize the performance and the utility of their Intel-based platforms. X Inside sells to end users, OEMs, corporations, education and government. X Inside is located in Denver and can be reached at 1-800-X Inside or [e-mail]. X Inside, Inc., 1801 Broadway, 17th floor, Denver, CO 80202.

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