Continuing to supply its millions of customers with products that support the Internet Way of Computing, SCO (Nasdaq: SCOC), the world's leading supplier of UNIX server systems, today unveiled SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.4, the latest release of the world's most popular, commercial UNIX operating system for Intel platforms.

Originally code-named "Comet," this new release features Microsoft compatible file and print services from SCO OpenServer systems to Windows PCs, a fully integrated Web server and set of authoring tools from Netscape Communications Corporation, leading network connectivity technologies, and a complete Java development environment.

The SCO OpenServer system is an industry-renown, robust application server, running thousands of business-critical applications for thousands of businesses around the world. Now businesses of all sizes can benefit from the proven reliability and performance of the SCO OpenServer system to easily deploy fully secure Web servers for delivering data and applications to PCs and other devices on corporate intranets and extranets. With this new release, developers can also write graphically rich, native Java applications for the SCO OpenServer platform using SCO's Java Development Kit v1.1 (JDK 1.1).

"SCO OpenServer remains one of the world's leading operating systems running the day-to-day operations of businesses of all sizes," said Scott McGregor, senior vice president, Products for SCO. "Businesses want a safe, evolutionary path to quickly and seamlessly integrate their current implementations with the new wave of Internet applications and technologies. This new release of SCO OpenServer prepares them today for the computing environment of the future."

File and Print, and More

The new release of SCO OpenServer includes SCO VisionFS, providing file and print services from SCO servers to Windows PCs in small and large enterprise environments. This added feature expands SCO's presence in the file and print market, and extends their commitment to deliver seamless integration between Windows clients and UNIX servers. SCO VisionFS also allows users to access files transparently across the Internet from their Web browser. Using the CIFS (Common Internet File System), users can browse remote workgroups across the Internet as if they were local. SCO TermLite has also been added to SCO OpenServer 5.0.4, allowing access to traditional character based UNIX applications in a Windows environment.

This latest release also includes a series of integrated supplements and updates with support for up to 4Gbytes of memory, 8Gbyte IDE hard drives, and a number of new network, video and storage adapters.

Fully Optimized for Internet Computing

SCO first equipped its state-of-the-art UNIX Systems for Internet computing in 1993, with the NCSA Web server and the Mosaic browser, adding to the already resident TCP/IP networking capability that has long been a staple of SCO UNIX Systems. With this new release, SCO has tightly integrated the industry's leading Internet technologies with the base SCO OpenServer system. New components include:

-- Netscape FastTrack Server Software - Netscape's award-winning Web server with SSL 3.0 security standard, ideal for creating and managing Internet/intranet sites;

-- Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0 - client software with integrated Web navigation, email, video and audio support, and Web document creation and publishing;

-- SCO Internet Manager - allowing users to easily configure and manage Internet and intranet servers; and

-- SCO PPP from Morning Star - provides enhanced point-to-point protocol (PPP), robust dial-up connectivity, and Internet security protection.

SCO OpenServer Internet FastStart System: Get on the Web with Ease!

SCO has also improved and renamed its popular SCO Internet FastStart configuration. Now released as SCO OpenServer Internet FastStart System, this new world-class Web server includes everything needed to quickly and easily get an Internet or intranet server up and running. It is ideally suited for ISP Web hosting, Web content providers, Internet commerce, and intranet Web servers.

100% Java Development

In a related announcement today, SCO unveiled its plan to include its JDK 1.1 in every copy of SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.4. Complementing the C and C++ compilers in the SCO OpenServer Development System, developers can now create graphically rich, native Java applications for the SCO OpenServer platform, and update existing applications with a Java interface, making them universally available via a Web browser.

Pricing and Availability

SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.4 is scheduled to ship at the end of this month, and is priced as follows: the Enterprise System, which includes a 5- user license for all components, is $1,395; the Internet FastStart System, which includes a 1-user license for all components, is $895; the Desktop System, which includes Netscape Navigator 3.0 and SCO PPP, is $795; the Host System, which does not include the enhanced Internet components, file and print services, or networking is $695. Please see your local SCO software supplier for upgrade details.

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 is committed to bringing the Internet Way of Computing to business-critical environments of all sizes. SCO Business Critical 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.

Source: The Santa Cruz Operation Inc.