SCO Successfully Introduces Free UNIX License Program to Korea; Company Also Donates UnixWare 7 Source Code Product to Seoul National University.SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1999-- Continuing its commitment to its Free 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). License Program, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCOC SCOC Supreme Court of Canada SCOC Second Coming of Christ SCOC System Control and Operations Concept SCOC Saginaw Community Outreach Center (Saginaw, Michigan) ) today announced the donation of UnixWare 7 operating system product and licenses to ten National Universities throughout Korea for educational use and research. SCO will also license its UnixWare 7 source code product to the computer science department at Seoul National University Not to be confused with the University of Seoul. Seoul National University (SNU) is a national research university in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, SNU was the first national university in South Korea, and served as a model for the many national and public , the cutting-edge computer study environment in Korea. SCO has teamed with hardware partners, Daewoo, Samsung, Hyundai, and LG who will donate Intel processor-based servers running UnixWare 7 to benefit thousands of University students. SCO looks to expand the program to include 40 Korean Universities by 2000. "SCO is pleased to help cultivate the use of UNIX with this donation," said Nimer Maabadi, vice president of Asia Pacific, Canada, and Latin America at SCO. "UnixWare 7 is gaining popularity in Korea and this program will help give university students training for a career in the burgeoning IT industry in Korea. Also, the use of the UnixWare 7 source code product by Seoul National University will allow the top technology students the opportunity to gain experience working with live source code." "Students and instructors are ecstatic about the prospect of using UnixWare 7 as part of their course load," said Dr. Kern Koh, Professor at Seoul National University. "Our university has been looking for a high quality operating system to use as an educational learning tool and we believe we found it. We are very happy with SCO's donation of UnixWare 7 to our university system. Students can also benefit from learning how the UnixWare 7 source code works, which can aid in their education as well." "We deeply appreciate the donation and help from SCO with the educational support plan of MOIC MOIC Missile Ordnance Inhibit Circuit MoIc Modern Icelandic (linguistics) MOIC Military Oceanographic Intelligence Center MOIC Multiple of Invested Capital (Ministry of Information and Communication Ministry of Information and Communication
See www.sco.com/freeunix for more information on free software licenses from SCO. About SCO SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems, and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients of all kinds - including PCs, graphical terminals, NCs, and other devices - to have Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of all kinds. SCO designed Tarantella tarantella (târ`əntĕl`ə), Neapolitan folk dance that first appeared in Taranto, Italy, in the 17th cent. It had rapid 6–8 meter with an increasing tempo and was thought to cure the bite of the tarantula, which supposedly software, the world's first application broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, see SCO's home page at http://www.sco.com. Note to Editors: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation See SCO. Santa Cruz Operation - (SCO) A supplier of Unix systems for Intel microprocessors. They supply Xenix and Open Desktop. Founded in 1979, SCO became a public company in May, 1993 and trades on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SCOC. , the SCO logo, Tarantella, and UnixWare are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. |
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