Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 00:33:23 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: http://www3.sco.com/Company/Announce/p081996e.htm Message-ID: <4332.840602003@orion.webspan.net>
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UNIX UNBOUND!
SCO Provides FREE UNIX System Licenses To Students, Educators and UNIX
Enthusiasts Around The World
SCO Forum96, Santa Cruz, CA (August 19, 1996) -- In a move that empowers
students, educators and UNIX system enthusiasts with free access to the
world's most popular business computing environment, SCO today announced
plans to provide a free license to use its popular UNIX systems, including
SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare, to anyone in the world who wants to use
them for educational and non-commercial use to enable the evaluation and
understanding of UNIX systems. The bold move has far-reaching implications
for the future of the UNIX platform and marks the stunning public debut of
SCO's stewardship of the UNIX system. It also represents the first time in
more than 20 years that the owner of UNIX technology has provided the
operating system free of charge to the public.
Alok Mohan, SCO's president and CEO, said, "This is only the second time in
UNIX's 25-year history that the owner of the technology has made this offer.
The last time this happened, a $60-billion-dollar industry was born."
The UNIX system was in its infancy when AT&T Bell Labs gave it away for free
to colleges and universities to help with research and development projects.
Soon, thousands of students were learning to program on UNIX systems. After
graduation, they took that knowledge into the corporate world, building a
$60-billion-dollar industry. The legacy of AT&T's gift to universities
includes the Internet, the World Wide Web, multiprocessing, and much more.
Today, the UNIX system is the software engine that processes trillions of
dollars' of business transactions around the world.
"SCO believes it is time to return the favor," said Mohan, "and deliver the
result of more than 20 years of technical innovation back to educators and
students worldwide. With the explosive growth of the Internet and the
breadth of development tools for UNIX systems available today, one can only
imagine what this new generation will do with this open operating system
platform."
What the Students Will Get
The availability of free UNIX system licenses begins with SCO OpenServer
license, followed closely by a free SCO UnixWare license. The initial
availability of a free SCO OpenServer license provides UNIX system
enthusiasts with access to a high-end, commercial quality UNIX product that
would normally be out of reach due to price constraints. Students, as well
as professionals who use the UNIX system at work, now have an affordable
means of running the UNIX platform at home, enabling them to create a home
BBS or web site.
What's In Free SCO OpenServer?
With a Free SCO OpenServer license, users interested in UNIX technology have
access to a fully functional, single user version of the SCO OpenServer
Desktop System, which includes SCO Doctor Lite, and SCO ARCserve/Open Lite
from Cheyenne, and the SCO OpenServer Development System. The SCO OpenServer
Desktop is an advanced, single user UNIX operating system that delivers RISC
workstation capabilities and performance on cost-effective Intel
architecture platforms. The Desktop System integrates a powerful 32-bit,
multitasking, X/Open UNIX system compliant operating system with networking,
graphics, and Internet facilities. The Development System includes a set of
state-of-the-art C compilers, debuggers, application programming interfaces,
and libraries for developing applications.
How to Get It
Free SCO OpenServer license can be ordered and licensed via the Internet. To
place a media order or acquire a license to use the software, go to:
http://www3.sco.com/Products. Free SCO OpenServer is licensed for
educational and non-commercial use. The license is free of charge. The
product media, if desired, costs $19.
About SCO
SCO is the world's leading supplier of UNIX server operating systems, and a
leading provider of client-integration software that integrates Windows PCs
and other clients with UNIX servers from all major vendors. SCO Business
Critical UNIX Servers run the critical, day-to-day operations of large
branch organizations in retail, finance, telecom, and government, as well as
corporate departments and small to medium-sized businesses of every kind.
SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of
distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more
information, see SCO's WWW home page at: http://www.sco.com.
# # #
SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, SCO OpenServer, SCO UnixWare,
and SCO Doctor are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz
Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX is a registered
trademark in the United States an other countries, licensed exclusively
through X/Open Company Limited. Cheyenne and ARCserve are registered
trademarks of Cheyenne Software, Inc. 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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Anyone notice the difference tho? Last time this happened, you got the
source code to. Anyone want to ask SCO for the UnixWare or OpenServer
source code? :-)
Gary
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