Mary Jo Foley and Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, of ZDNet News, report on indications that SCO is preparing to enter the Linux market in a serious way. While SCO won't necessarily be a direct participant in the embedded Linux market space, the company certainly possesses the resources to quickly become a major Linux player, with far reaching implications to all Linux segments. Foley and Vaighan-Nichols write . . .

“PC Unix stalwart SCO is doing the inevitable — or the unthinkable, depending on your interpretation. It is expected to field its own Linux operating system in the fourth quarter of this year. SCO is expected to make its Linux plans public sometime this summer.”

“SCO officials refused to comment, but sources said an SCO Linux distribution is definitely in the works. A shipping version is due in the fourth quarter, with advanced Internet service and 64-bit versions expected in the first quarter of 2001.”

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