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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 worldAEs 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 SCOAEs 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, SCOAEs president and CEO, said, "This is only the second
 time in UNIXAEs 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&TAEs 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 dollarsAE 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.
WhatAEs 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 worldAEs 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 SCOAEs 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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