OpenLinux 2.3 Fastest Selling Linux Product in Caldera History; New Version of Award-Winning Linux Distribution Sets Company Sales Record.OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 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., the "Linux for Business" leader, today announced that OpenLinux 2.3 is the company's fastest selling product ever. OpenLinux 2.3 shipped Sept. 13 of this year with sales of 40% more than any other OpenLinux product. OpenLinux 2.3 provides remote mass installation capabilities and is Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 tested to operate through the millennium changeover date and beyond. "After the rush of OpenLinux 2.2, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the demand for 2.3 was just as high," said 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 , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Caldera Systems, Inc. "We're already in our second manufacturing and I think a lot of it has to do with the feedback that we received from all parts of the industry. We tried to implement the best suggestions of our VARs, customers and engineers worldwide plus, the Open Source, press and analyst communities. Because we listened, OpenLinux 2.3 is faster, easier and can perform mass installations remotely -- which makes life much easier for MIS managers regardless of business-size." OpenLinux 2.3 is based on the 2.2.10 kernel and includes an improved LIZARD (LInux wiZARD) install with faster auto-probing. LIZARD was the first point-and-click graphical install of Linux and it revolutionized Linux on the workstation. LIZARD detects many more sound and video cards so that both audio and visual are automatically configured without user intervention. LIZARD can now run after the installation to reconfigure video resolution or other configuration options. Caldera Systems Open-Sourced the technology earlier this month. LIZARD, COAS COAS College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (Oregon State University) COAS Chief of Army Staff COAs Children of Alcoholics COAS Cooperadora de Acción Social (Argentina) COAS Crew Optical Alignment Sight and other Caldera Open Source technologies are available for download from www.openlinux.org. Business Solutions: Pre-Configured and Unattended Installs Pre-configured install options include Home Computer, Web Server, Business Workstation, Development Workstation and Network Server. With the custom configuration option, the new Linux Unattended Installation allows the enduser to have completely non-interactive, script-based installs. The Unattended Install feature combined with LIZARD's remote capabilities, makes network administration even easier for systems integrators and channel partners with mass installation needs. VARs can now replicate custom configurations to meet the needs of multiple markets. System Requirements OpenLinux 2.3 includes remote management capabilities and integrates into existing systems, running on Intel-based PCs 386 and up -- including laptops -- with at least 16 MB of RAM and 350 MB hard disk. StarOffice and additional packages require an additional 100 MB of additional disk space, 386, 486 or Pentium/compatible. Inclusion of the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Software that automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to client stations logging into an IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent "static" IP addresses. DHCP software runs in servers and routers. client enables plug-and-play interaction with corporate LANs without requiring UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). knowledge or experience. Availability Customers who have purchased OpenLinux 2.2 may upgrade to OpenLinux 2.3 for $19.95. Support Caldera Systems provides full 90-day or five incident free installation support with 24x7 e-mail support to VARs and end-users through the Caldera Systems Knowledge Base at www.caldera.support.com. Full 24x7, fee-based support -- with one-hour response guaranteed -- is also available. Support includes Linux administration training and certification courses through Caldera Authorized Linux Education Centers (ALECs) worldwide. Y2K OpenLinux 2.3 is Y2K tested and certified. For details please visit our Web site at: http://www.calderasystems.com/y2k/. Open Source Please visit www.openlinux.org to download Caldera Systems' technologies that have been open-sourced -- including but not limited to -- LIZARD, Caldera Open Administration System(COAS) and the OpenLinux 2.2 port for Sun's SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill (TM) and UltraSPARC(TM)-based platforms. Caldera/Caldera Systems Caldera was founded in 1994. Caldera Systems is the "Linux for Business" technology leader in designing, developing and marketing Linux-based business solutions, including its award-winning OpenLinux, NetWare for Linux, Linux technical training, certification and support. Caldera Systems is a leader in, and supporter 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 ) and 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>. ). Caldera Systems offers a comprehensive line of services including on-site consulting, 24x7 support -- up to and including -- on-site board swap. Caldera Systems Authorized Linux Education Centers (ALECs) offer distribution-neutral Linux training and certification based on LPI certification standards. The OpenLinux operating system and related services are available from Caldera Systems, and Caldera Systems resellers, partners and distributors including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Motorola, Fujitsu, MTI MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) MTI Metal Treating Institute MTI Moving Target Indicator (radar) MTI Magyar Távirati Iroda (news agency in Budapest, Hungary) and Helius. OpenLinux has received many industry awards including "Best Networked Operating System" from Network Computing and Linuxworld's "Best Client" during Linuxworld Expo in August. Other accolades include Red Herring's "Top 50 Privately Held Companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. " and Best of Comdex finalist. Caldera Systems is based in Orem with offices and 950+ resellers worldwide. Please visit Caldera Systems at www.calderasystems.com. In the U.S., please call 888-GO-Linux (888/465-4689). In Europe, please call 801/765-4999 or contact us via e-mail at linux@calderasystems.com. For investor inquiries, please contact Nhung Fidler at 801/765-4999. Note to Editors: To become an OpenLinux reseller, please visit www.calderasystems.com/channel/app. Caldera Systems, Inc. is a Canopy Group holding under the Ray Noorda/Canopy Group Investment Company. Ray Noorda is the former CEO of Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq:NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) Caldera is a registered trademark of Caldera, Inc. OpenLinux is a 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. |
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