Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writing at [email protected] Partner, observes that such an acquisition might significantly alter the Linux landscape, with Caldera becoming a more formidable Red Hat rival and SCO would morphing into a Linux services company. Vaughan-Nichols writes . . .

“SCO Unix weathered the Intel Unix wars of the 1980s and early 1990s. SCO Unix survived Microsoft Windows. What SCO Unix may not have been able to survive on its own, however, was Linux.”

“The result? Caldera Systems, a leading Linux distributor, is on the verge of buying SCO's Server — aka, Unix — division for a price expected to be north of $70 million in stock, according to multiple sources claiming familiarity with terms of the deal in progress.”

” . . . With that, Caldera immediately gets the business of thousands of some of the most loyal Unix customers around the world. Combine that with Caldera's success as a Linux distributor for business, and you have a situation where Caldera has catapulted itself into both the Unix and Linux limelight.”

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