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Winter 2009
Dear SCO Partners,
I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and to give you an update on several recent developments at SCO. SCO UNIX is now in its 30 th year, delivering stable, reliable operating systems that run thousands of businesses around the world. We appreciate your continued support over these many years. We have obviously had a rough past few years; but we are taking important steps to insure the future viability of the company.
In this newsletter, you will find important updates regarding SCO from both a product and company perspective. Included are articles from Intel regarding their Modular Server as well as Dell regarding new certifications. Also included are updates on maintenance releases for SCO UNIX as well as our new virtualization solutions.
Over the past nine months, we have been working closely with investment groups who have expressed great interest in the business and who have indicated they have plans to participate in the auction process. If SCO does not sell off certain assets, we have taken the necessary steps to continue to market and to sell our UNIX operating systems as we are currently doing. Also, an appeal in our legal case with Novell has been filed in the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the court has also approved our desire to fast-track the appeal. This means we could have a resolution to our appeal several months earlier than would have otherwise been the case.
In order to continue to support and maintain both our current and older versions of our UNIX operating systems, SCO announced price increases of legacy, obsolete versions of OpenServer and UnixWare. Unlike many companies, SCO is committed to making legacy products available to customers to protect their technology investments. The most current versions of SCO’s UNIX, OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7.1.4, will maintain their current pricing. With the exception of upgrades and trade-ins for OpenServer 5.0.7, prices will also be unchanged.
We recognize the importance of continuing to provide updates and support to legacy systems. In order to do so, these cost increases are necessary to continue to provide quality products. With that said, we have now unified the prices for upgrades and trade-in’s which now reflect a list price decrease when moving to OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7.1.4. SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare remain very competitive, with significant average lifetime use of the products and a licensing model that requires no annual maintenance fees.
We encourage you to upgrade to the latest versions of OpenServer and UnixWare to take advantage of hardware certifications as well as the increased performance capabilities. For more details regarding this pricing change, please see the formal announcement at http://ir.sco.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=361470
Finally, we have seen an increase in the number of customers who, after internal audits, have found a need to “true up” their SCO UNIX licenses. In light of this, we have announced a “True Up” licensing program that will provide customers discounted pricing for a limited time. Partners who identify customers who need to “true-up” their UNIX licenses can contact their SCO sales representative for specific details and possible discounts. For more information and details about the True Up licensing program, refer to the details below in the partner newsletter.
Thank you again for your continued support. As always, I welcome any feedback you have.
Best Regards,
Jeff Hunsaker
President and Chief Operating Officer
SCO Operations
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In This Month's Issue
- Feature Article: Intel Modular Server Receives High Marks at SCO Forum
- Feature Article: Dell and SCO Deliver New System Certifications
- Maintenance Pack 4 for OpenServer 6 Available Now
- UnixWare 7.1.4 Maintenance Pack 4 Revealed
- New Product Announcements Enhance SCO UNIX
- SCO To Deliver Virtualization-based UNIX
- SCO Announces UNIX Licensing "True-Up" Program
- 2009 ? Thirty Years of SCO UNIX
- SCO Support Corner: New Technical Articles Enhance SCO UNIX Usability
- SCO Mobile Products Highlighted in FranklinCovey Story
- TeamSCO SCO Partner Program Contact
- About The SCO Group, Inc.
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Feature Article
Intel Modular Server Receives High Marks at SCO Forum 2008
Receiving high marks from channel partners at SCO Tec Forum 2008, the Intel® Modular Server is defining a new server category, built from the ground up for the small to medium business market. The product supports up to 6 diskless servers called Compute Modules, that boot from an integrated SAS based SAN, 2 storage control modules, 2 Ethernet switches and centralized, operating system independent, and point-and-click management.
Recently awarded as CRN’s 2008 Product of the Year and TechWorld’s 2008 Server Product of the Year, this innovative solution can lower your server costs and simplify your operations while offering more advanced capabilities than typically found at this price point.
The capabilities of the Intel Modular Server far exceed those found in rack, blade, or pedestal servers alone. This is especially true for Small to Medium sized businesses. The integrated SAN provides features such as server failover and dynamic capacity expansion, along with the flexibility to add or remove LUNs on the fly. Furthermore the abstraction between physical disks and servers will remove the forklift upgrade requirement when transitioning to Nehalem based server modules. The chassis is designed to allow all components to be forward compatible. All these features are built in and there is no configuration necessary, just point click and go. The same goes for KVM over IP and remote media, with these technologies you can remotely manage the entire system and even install applications and data across the wire.
The very powerful Modular Server Control management interface is impressively simple to use. The tightly integrated design allows you to configure your SAN, setup your SNMP alerting, access your servers via KVM and configure your L2 Ethernet switches – all from within one console. The interface is web based which means it’s platform independent and can be remotely accessed and also provides Out of Band access so you can monitor your servers, whether they are up or down.
The Intel Modular Server is a cost-effective server investment that should be considered by any business with two or more servers in their IT infrastructure. The ability to grow the compute and storage separately as their business grows should come as a welcome architecture that will significantly reduce the complexity associated with the server room.
See OpenServer MFS5000SI Intel Modular Server certification details HERE.
See UnixWare 7.1.4 MFS5000SI Intel Modular Server certification details HERE
For further information on the product visit www.intelmodularserver.com or contact Richard.aikman@intel.com.
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Feature Article
Dell and SCO Deliver New System Certifications
Dell and SCO have been busy recently certifying several of Dell's next generation servers. SCO customers and partners have confidence that they will continue to receive support for new Dell hardware. Furthermore, if SCO partners need specific Dell hardware certified on SCO UNIX, Dell has committed to evaluate all requests. "We continue to have a conduit into Dell to win customer opportunities on Dell hardware," said Wilson Lee, SCO Account Executive.
Dell has recently certified the following PowerEdge™ Servers on SCO UNIX: M600, M605, T300, 2950 III, and the 1950 III.
The Dell PowerEdge M600 and M605 are 2-Socket Intel and AMD Quad-Core Half Height Blade Servers which deliver ultra high density, high performance, and power efficient computing. These blades coupled with the M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure are a breakthrough in enterprise server architecture combating datacenter sprawl, reducing IT complexity, and delivering one of the most energy efficient, flexible, and manageable blade server products on the market.
Dell's most versatile server, the PowerEdgeTM 2950 III offers superior 2-Socket virtualization performance combined with optional, factory integrated virtualization capabilities. Dell continues to simplify virtualization by streamlining virtualization deployment and providing ease of use in virtual infrastructures. By factory integrating VMware® ESXi 3.5, customers receive VMware capabilities and migration of virtual machines within a few clicks of a mouse.
The ultra-thin Intel®-based DellTM PowerEdgeTM 1950 III 2-Socket 1U rack server provides maximum performance while requiring minimal space and energy needs, helping to reduce energy and data center costs. The high concentration of computing power and redundancy makes the PowerEdge 1950 III the perfect choice for high performance computing clusters (HPCC), SAN front-end, web and infrastructure applications, especially where data center real estate is at a premium.
For those looking for a Tower system, Dell's PowerEdgeTM T300 1-Socket Server delivers an excellent feature set expandable to include redundant power supplies, hot-plug hard drives and Quad-Core Intel Processors. Dell has long proven to be one of the most customizable platforms in the industry and this is no exception allowing this server to meet the needs of a wide variety of customers looking for an extreme value while providing high performance.
Links to recent Dell PowerEdge certifications include the following:
For further information on SCO certified Dell hardware, please contact your local SCO sales representative.
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Maintenance Pack 4 for OpenServer 6 Available Now
Maintenance Pack 4 is contained in two CD images and represents the latest maintenance update for SCO OpenServer 6. This maintenance offering includes the Apache 2 Web Server which may be used along with the existing Apache 1, the Mozilla Firefox web browser and Thunderbird Mailer as well as an upgrade for PostgreSQL. It also contains a large number of maintenance updates, updated versions of many open source components including Samba and CUPS as well as the integration of most recent web postings. MP4 has been through a thorough Beta and EAP testing process with the help of members of iXorg.
This Maintenance Pack should be applied by all OpenServer 6 customers at their next opportunity.
The separately installable Russian Language Supplement for MP4 is also being web posted simultaneously with MP4.
Current OpenServer 6 customers can download the OpenServer 6 Maintenance Pack 4 CD images immediately at no charge. The CD images along with a detailed description of their content and installation instructions can be found on the SCO Download site at:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=366.
It may also be obtained from SCO’s FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver6/600/mp/osr600mp4.
Maintenance Pack 4 is cumulative with Maintenance Packs 1, 2 and 3 and supersedes them. It is compatible with the prior packs, and may be installed on top of any prior MP. Prior installed MPs must not be removed. A selection of the components in Maintenance Pack 4 is as follows:
Maintenance Pack 4 CD1
- Basic Maintenance including the latest security updates
- Apache 2 Web Server 2.2.6
- modperl2 V2.0.3
- Apache1 Web Server 1.3.37
- modperl 1 V1.30.0
- PostgreSQL 8.2.9
- Mozilla Firefox Web Browser 2.0.0.18
- Samba File and Print Server 3.0.30
- CUPS 1.3.9
- Java 2 SE 1.4.2_19
- ESP Ghostscript 8.6.2
- Heimdal Kerberos 5 V1.2
- Updated Drivers
Maintenance Pack 4 CD2
- Java 2 SE 5.0_17
- KDE 3.5.9
- KDE I18N Language Support 3.5.9
- Mozilla Thunderbird Mail/News 2.0.0.18
- Squid 2.7.3
- MPlayer Supplement
For a complete detailed list of the contents of Maintenance Pack 4 see the Release Notes which also contain detailed installation instructions. All OpenServer 6 customers are strongly advised to install Maintenance Pack 4 at their next maintenance interval.
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SCO UnixWare? 7.1.4 Maintenance Pack 4 Revealed
Maintenance Pack 4 is the latest recommended maintenance update for SCO UnixWare 7.1.4, and was announced mid-2008. It contains a large number of updates, new features, and updated versions of many open source components as well as the integration of most recent web postings. This Maintenance Pack is applicable to all UnixWare 7.1.4 customers and should be applied by all customers at their next opportunity.
Current UnixWare 7.1.4 customers can download the UnixWare 7.1.4 Maintenance Pack 4 immediately at no charge.
The files along with a detailed description of their content can be found on the SCO Download site at:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=337
It may also be obtained from SCO?s FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/mp/uw714mp4/
Maintenance Pack 4 is cumulative with Maintenance Packs 1 through 3 and the MP3 Samba and USB supplements and supersedes them. It is fully compatible with the prior packs and supplements, and may be installed without their removal. A selection of the components in Maintenance Pack 4 is as follows:
- Basic Maintenance including critical security fixes recommended for all UW714 customers
- Sendmail Version 8.13.8
- PostgreSQL Version 8.2.6
- An updated version of the Samba Supplement
- A new Apache Tomcat mod_jk module
- Updates for Java 2 Standard Edition 1.3.1, 1.4.2 and 5.0
- Bind Version 9.4.2
- Updated Time Zone Rules
- The MPlayer Supplement
- Many Additional Updated Open Source Packages including:
- OpenSSL 0.9.7ia
- OpenSSH 4.6p1
- CUPS Version 1.3.3
- Mozilla 1.7.13a
- Javasoap 1.2
- Updated HBA drivers including:
- The Adaptec AACRAID Family
- Adaptec SAS HostRaid
- LSI Logic MegaRAID
- LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS
- LSI Logic MPT IHV
For a complete detailed list of the contents of Maintenance Pack 4 see the Release Notes which also contain detailed installation instructions.
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New Product Announcements Enhance SCO UNIX
SCO is pleased to announce the release of four new enhancements to SCO UNIX.
Mozilla® ThunderbirdTM version 2.0.0.19 for OpenServer 6.0.0
This product is available to download from:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=374
For a list of security issues fixed since 2.0.0.19 please see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.html
Mozilla® Firefox® version 2.0.0.20 for OpenServer 6.0.0
This product is available to download from:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=375
For a list of security issues fixed since 2.0.0.18 please see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox20.html
Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 17 for
OpenServer 6.0.0 and UnixWare 7.1.4
This update includes security fixes and is available to download
for OpenServer 6.0.0 from:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=379
and for UnixWare 7.1.4 from:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=380
Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4.2_19 for OpenServer 6.0.0, UnixWare 7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7
This update includes security fixes and is available to download
for OpenServer 6.0.0 from:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=376
for UnixWare 7.1.4 from:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=378
and for OpenServer 5.0.7 from:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=377
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SCO To Deliver Virtualization-based UNIX
Soon SCO will release an optimized version of its operating systems that will run and perform within a VMware environment. The first product will be released as a prebuilt OpenServer 5.0.7 appliance with the latest maintenance packs and drivers, along with the VMware tools preinstalled and optimized for performance. Customers will have the choice of downloading a version of the OpenServer 5.0.7 appliance or purchasing the appliance on CD. Once you have the appliance you will import it into your VMware environment and then license the product to activate it. The appliance will be tested on VMware Workstation and ESX server. Similar releases for UnixWare 7.1.4 and OpenServer 6.0 will follow shortly after OpenServer 5.0.7.
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SCO Announces UNIX Licensing "True-Up" Program
In an effort to maintain the valuable software investment of our
customers, and to provide a path for customers who are not current with their licenses, today announced a license “True-Up” program that allows customers to purchase additional licenses at current, lower prices for a limited time.
If you have questions about the "True-Up" Program, contact your SCO Sales Representative.
Click HERE to see the press release.
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2009 ? Thirty Years of SCO UNIX
For the entire year of 2009 The SCO Group is celebrating thirty years of innovation, service, support, and the most stable and reliable operating system in the computer industry!
SCO began in 1979 as the visionionary product of Doug and Larry Michels. Because of the hard work of countless creative and hard-working engineers, the dedication and tireless effort of a world-class support team, and the undying loyalty of tens of thousands of partners there are now more than two million SCO UNIX servers installed in more than 82 countries.
This year, we're celebrating thirty years of excellence. But we're not resting on our laurels. As we charge into the twenty-first century and our fourth decade, we've announced Virtual versions of both SCO UnixWare and SCO OpenServer.
We invite you to review the MILESTONES of SCO UNIX from 1979 through 2009 here: http://www.sco.com/company/history.html
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SCO Support Corner: New Technical Articles Enhance SCO UNIX Usability
This issue of SCO Partner News discusses two issues that come up frequently:
Each of these issues are discussed in Technical Articles, an online database of hundreds of solutions for using all SCO UNIX products. You can easily search for these and other Technical Articles by keyword:
1. Start your search from http://www.sco.com
2. Roll over SUPPORT on the menu bar at the top of the window
3. Click Knowledge Center
4. Finally, enter text in the Search Field
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SCO Mobile Products Highlighted in FranklinCovey Story
FCmobilelife, a mobility product developed by SCO (see fcmobilelife.com) was recently highlighted in the Salt Lake Tribune in a report of FranklinCovey Products LLC.
"With its FC MobileLife software, developed with The SCO Group of Lindon, FranklinCovey Products has extended its contacts and management tools to mobile devices. The company's software can work on smart phones that use Windows Mobile, Treo and BlackBerry operations systems. This quarter, the company also plans to launch a version that works on Apple's highly popular iPhone," the report says.
Link to a PDF of the entire article, HERE.
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TeamSCO Partner Program
The TeamSCO Partner Program Team is dedicated to listening to our partners and creating the program that best works for you. Please provide us with your thoughts regarding the program. We want the program to work for you!
Would you like your SCO UNIX solution highlighted in an upcoming issue of the SCO Partner News? Contact us for details at partners@sco.com
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The SCO Group, Inc. Legal Information
About The SCO Group, Inc.
The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses with UNIX business solutions. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to all partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services visit: www.sco.com
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