Adios, Caldera; Hello, SCO Group

An anonymous reader writes: "Caldera International, the company that sprang from Novell and went on to distribute a Linux distribution popular among users before the company's decision to withdraw from the retail desktop market, is no more. Instead, what was once Caldera is now 'the SCO Group.' The change, announced at the company's 'GeoFORUM' conference in Las Vegas Monday, recognizes Caldera's acquisition of SCO Unix, and follows what former employees claimed was a switch in emphasis from Caldera OpenLinux to SCO Unix. At the same time, the company announced a new business plan, called 'SCOx,' and new versions of its Unix and Linux distributions. Details, which combine a multitude of press releases, are on Linux and Main."

Comments

SCOx?

[MaxVlast]

Wow.

SCO has always been my favorite company name. It's just so generic. Santa Cruz Operation. It sounds more like a fighter plane maneuver than a company.

B F Deal

[RebelTycoon]

Nuff said...

In related news... SlashDot.org will be depreciated in favor of Slashdot.COM to further re-enforce the idea that this site will actually generate revenue.

Re:B F Deal

[uk_greg]

Perhaps a more appropriate subject line would be "SCOwhat".

Re:Caldera...

[karmawarrior]

A billionaire is celebrating his birthday with his family, and announces there will be a twist to his celebration. "Normally, in any birthday, it is the guests who bring the person whose birthday it is presents. But this time around, to celebrate having a wonderful, wonderful, family, I ask my three sons what they want in all the world, and it will be theirs."

The three sons are baffled but delighted, and the eldest steps forward. "Father, all my life I have wanted my own fast car. Just something I can enjoy driving, out on the open road."

"It will be yours!" says the father, and a few mouse clicks and phone calls, and the son finds himself the confused but pleased and excited owner of the Ford Motor Company.

The middle child steps forward. "Father, I don't want to ask for much, but I like photography and would love a camera to play with. Could you possibl..."

The father cuts him off, and the child stands excitedly as he sees his father work the phones again and finally announce, "You are now the owner of Universal Studios! Do with it as you wish!"

Finally the youngest child stepped forward. "Well dad", he says, "What I want in the whole world is a Mickey Mouse outfit."

So the father buys him SCO Group.

SCOx seems appropriate

[frovingslosh]

The name change seems appropriate, am I going to be the first to note how it will be pronounced?

Re:SCOx seems appropriate

[red_dragon]

... am I going to be the first to note how it will be pronounced?

Maybe not, but here are my suggestions:

• Ess-Cee-Oh-Ecks
• Skoh-Ecks
• Santa Cruz Ox
• S-Cocks

Take your pick.

Re:VA Software

[jukal]

why don't you go straight to FIASCO :)

How does one pronounce SCOx?

[Anonymous Coward]

SCO-X (Experimental SCO, Extreme SCO)

Scotch (If it ain't Scottish, it's crap)

Scocks (Smells like socks)

Re:What's next,

[Tackhead]

> they're going to re-brand their distro as 'XENIX' and their CEO will be sued for sexual harrassment?

1) Get sued for sexual harassment.
2) Cut off internet access to all employees.
3) Pay a fortune for the name "UNIX"
4) Because Linux is "a religion" [...] that "didn't break any new ground" written by "punk young kids"
5) Shuts down all your development teams.
6) Change your mind on Linux 5 years too late and call it Caldera?
7) Umm, rename it to SCO again?
8) ????

I dunno what 9) is, but it sure as hell ain't gonna be "Profit".