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{{short description|Defunct American software company}} | {{short description|Defunct American software company}} |
{{About|the owners of the SCO name beginning 2002|the original SCO company|Santa Cruz Operation}} | {{About|the owners of the SCO name beginning 2002|the original SCO company|Santa Cruz Operation}} |
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On June 27, 2002, Caldera International had a change in management, with [[Darl McBride]], formerly an executive with [[Novell]], [[FranklinCovey]], and several start-ups, taking over as CEO from Caldera co-founder Ransom Love.<ref name="cw-darl">{{cite news |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2575775/caldera-ceo-steps-aside-to-focus-on-unitedlinux.html |title=Caldera CEO steps aside to focus on UnitedLinux |author-first=Todd R. |author-last=Weiss |magazine=Computerworld |date=June 27, 2002}}</ref><ref name="cnet-darl">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/struggling-linux-company-swaps-ceos/ |title=Struggling Linux company swaps CEOs |author-first=Stephen |author-last=Shankland |publisher=CNET | date=June 27, 2002}}</ref> | On June 27, 2002, Caldera International had a change in management, with [[Darl McBride]], formerly an executive with [[Novell]], [[FranklinCovey]], and several start-ups, taking over as CEO from Caldera co-founder Ransom Love.<ref name="cw-darl">{{cite news |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2575775/caldera-ceo-steps-aside-to-focus-on-unitedlinux.html |title=Caldera CEO steps aside to focus on UnitedLinux |author-first=Todd R. |author-last=Weiss |magazine=Computerworld |date=June 27, 2002}}</ref><ref name="cnet-darl">{{cite news |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/struggling-linux-company-swaps-ceos/ |title=Struggling Linux company swaps CEOs |author-first=Stephen |author-last=Shankland |publisher=CNET | date=June 27, 2002}}</ref> |
=== Back to a SCO name; SCOBiz and SCOx === | === Back to a SCO name === |
Change under McBride happened quickly. On August 26, 2002, he announced at the company's annual [[SCO Forum|Forum conference]] – relocated from Santa Cruz to Las Vegas – that Caldera International was changing its name to The SCO Group.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2578171/sco-name-returns-as-caldera-rebrands-itself.html |title=SCO name returns as Caldera rebrands itself |author-first=Todd R. |author-last=Weiss |magazine=Computerworld |date=August 26, 2002}}</ref> He did this via a multimedia display in which an image of Caldera was shattered and replaced by The SCO Group's logo, which was a slightly more stylized version of the old Santa Cruz Operation logo.<ref name="lj-namechange-1">{{cite news | url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6292 | title=A Rose by Any Other Name—Is It Still the Same? | author-first=Jeff | author-last=Gerhardt | magazine=Linux Journal | date=August 27, 2002}}</ref> The attendees at the conference, most of whom were veteran SCO partners and resellers, responded to the announcement with enthusiastic applause.<ref name="lj-namechange-1"/><ref name="reg-namechange"/> McBride announced, "SCO is back from the dead," and a story in ''[[The Register]]'' began, "SCO lives again."<ref name="reg-namechange"/> As part of this, the company adopted SCOX as its trading symbol.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/2002/8/27/19674115/caldera-international-plans-name-change-to-sco-group |title=Caldera International plans name change to SCO Group |newspaper=Deseret News |date=August 27, 2002}}</ref>{{notetag|The final legal aspects of the name change did not become complete until May 2003.<ref name="jdk-113-rn">{{cite web |url=http://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/other/java_131_13/ReleaseNotes.html |title=Release Notes: Java 2, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1_13 for SCO UNIX Operating Systems |publisher=Xinuos |date=June 15, 2004}}</ref>}} | Change under McBride happened quickly. On August 26, 2002, he announced at the company's annual [[SCO Forum|Forum conference]] – relocated from Santa Cruz to Las Vegas – that Caldera International was changing its name to The SCO Group.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2578171/sco-name-returns-as-caldera-rebrands-itself.html |title=SCO name returns as Caldera rebrands itself |author-first=Todd R. |author-last=Weiss |magazine=Computerworld |date=August 26, 2002}}</ref> He did this via a multimedia display in which an image of Caldera was shattered and replaced by The SCO Group's logo, which was a slightly more stylized version of the old Santa Cruz Operation logo.<ref name="lj-namechange-1">{{cite news | url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6292 | title=A Rose by Any Other Name—Is It Still the Same? | author-first=Jeff | author-last=Gerhardt | magazine=Linux Journal | date=August 27, 2002}}</ref> The attendees at the conference, most of whom were veteran SCO partners and resellers, responded to the announcement with enthusiastic applause.<ref name="lj-namechange-1"/><ref name="reg-namechange"/> McBride announced, "SCO is back from the dead," and a story in ''[[The Register]]'' began, "SCO lives again."<ref name="reg-namechange"/> As part of this, the company adopted SCOX as its trading symbol.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/2002/8/27/19674115/caldera-international-plans-name-change-to-sco-group |title=Caldera International plans name change to SCO Group |newspaper=Deseret News |date=August 27, 2002}}</ref>{{notetag|The final legal aspects of the name change did not become complete until May 2003.<ref name="jdk-113-rn">{{cite web |url=http://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/other/java_131_13/ReleaseNotes.html |title=Release Notes: Java 2, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1_13 for SCO UNIX Operating Systems |publisher=Xinuos |date=June 15, 2004}}</ref>}} |
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=== Software releases and e-commerce initiatives === | === Software releases and e-commerce initiatives SCOBiz and SCOx === |
[[Image:Bellingham data center building 2003.jpg|thumb|right|As part of the SCOBiz joint initiative, executives from The SCO Group and Vista.com inspect the latter's data center operations in Bellingham in January 2003]] | [[Image:Bellingham data center building 2003.jpg|thumb|right|As part of the SCOBiz joint initiative, executives from The SCO Group and Vista.com inspect the latter's data center operations in Bellingham in January 2003]] |
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== Meanwhile, products == | == Products continue == |
=== Company emphasis === | === Company emphasis === |
[[Image:SCO DRIVE mug.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Mug given to SCO Group employees around 2005 to convey the message of the "SCO DRIVE" initiative within the company]] | [[Image:SCO DRIVE mug.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Mug given to SCO Group employees around 2005 to convey the message of the "SCO DRIVE" initiative within the company]] |
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