From: info@sco.COM (SCO Information)
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Subject: SCO restructures management team
Date: 21 Jan 93 22:41:17 GMT
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Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.

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Zee Zaballos 
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. 
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              SCO SELECTS TOP EUROPEAN MANAGER TO LEAD COMPANY;
           STRUCTURES MANAGEMENT TEAM TO EXPAND MARKET LEADERSHIP

SANTA CRUZ, CA (January 21, 1993)--The Board of Directors of The Santa
Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) today announced that it has selected the company's
top European manager to lead the computer software firm and has structured
SCO's management team to expand its position as the world's leading provider
of open system software.

Among actions announced were:

* Election of Lars Turndal, currently senior vice president and managing
director, as president and chief executive officer. He was also elected to the
board of directors and remains chairman of SCO UK, Ltd;

* Election of Jim Harris, currently president and chief executive officer, as
chairman of the board;

* Promotion of Doug Michels, currently executive vice president, to the
newly-created position of executive vice president, chief technical officer; and

* Significant changes in key managerial responsibilities and reporting
relationships.

``These changes represent a major milestone in SCO's evolution from a highly-
successful entrepreneurial company to a world-class leader in the open system
software industry,'' said Mr. Harris. ``The new structure will permit SCO to
take full advantage of its exceptional management team and prepare the
company for emerging opportunities in our rapidly changing industry,'' said Mr.
Harris. ``It is no secret that we believe SCO is poised to become a truly world-
class public company. Under Lars Turndal's leadership and with the
management team and structure he now has in place, we will be able to achieve
that goal quickly.

``We looked inside and outside the company for the best person to lead SCO.
Lars' achievements in Europe and his years of experience in the industry made
him the ideal person to lead SCO through the exciting times ahead,'' said Mr.
Harris.

Revenue from SCO's European operation is today larger than the entire
company's revenue was in 1988 when Mr. Turndal took charge of Europe. The
European operation now accounts for nearly half of all SCO's revenues and
profits.

Under Mr. Turndal's leadership, four wholly-owned subsidiaries have been
added to the operation and major sales initiatives have been undertaken in
Eastern Europe where the company expects strong future growth. He has also
been responsible for SCO's improved penetration of governmental and
corporate markets. SCO now holds more than 25 percent of the European
market for UNIX-based systems, more than any of its competitors.

Mr. Turndal, 56, has more than three decades of experience in the computer
industry, including 19 years of general management experience. He has held
senior international management positions with Sperry Univac, Digital
Equipment, MSI Data, Memorex and Burroughs. Prior to joining SCO in
September 1988, he was the senior vice president, international at MSI, which
produces portable data collection equipment. Before that he was president of
Memorex Corporation's international group.

A native of Sweden, he holds a degree in electronics. He and his wife, Anita,
have two children.

``It is especially gratifying to be leading SCO at this important juncture in the
company's development,'' Mr. Turndal noted. ``I believe our strength lies in
our ability to anticipate and manage change. In the future, I want us to do so
on an even broader global basis. The SCO management team knows that
financial strength and stability are becoming critical change agents. This is
demonstrated by the completion in December of our fifth consecutive quarter
of increasing and record revenue and profits. We ill continue to place strong
emphasis on operational efficiencies and pre-tax profits.''

``The successful companies of the '90s will be those that can promote stable
profitability within an environment of change, and SCO will be one of those
companies,'' said Mr. Turndal. ``In the future, in addition to serving our
existing customers, I believe that our growth will come primarily from product
development, strategic partnerships and alliances and through acquisitions.''

As chairman of the board of SCO, Mr. Harris, 49, will continue to be actively
involved in the operations of the company. In addition to the traditional
responsibilities of a chairman, his responsibilities will include championing
further development of the company's work environment and human assets,
directing community relations and public affairs activities in places where the
company does business, completing a search for additional people to serve on
an expanded board of directors, sitting as a member of the board's audit
committee and chairing its compensation committee.

In his role as executive vice president, chief technical officer, Doug Michels,
38, will continue responsibility for the company's future strategies, its
partnerships and strategic alliances. Mr. Michels, who is a member of the
board, co-founded the company in 1979.

``With his new responsibilities, Doug will be able to concentrate his enormous
talents on the future product and market direction of SCO.'' said Mr. Harris.
``His strengths in these areas will provide a tremendous plus for this
organization.''

Mr. Turndal stated that ``no one in the UNIX marketplace has demonstrated
strategic vision of Doug Michels. I look forward to continuing to work with
him in his new role as we move the company in new and exciting directions.''

A number of other key organizational changes were announced today. All of
the following will report directly to the new CEO, Mr. Turndal, and will have
world-wide responsibility for their areas:

* Sam Spadafora, senior vice president, field operations, with responsibility
for field marketing, sales, support and training.

* Dan E. Steimle, senior vice president, operations, and chief financial officer,
with responsibility for finance, administration and manufacturing.

* Scott McGregor, vice president, products, with responsibility for products,
technologies, third-party hardware and software.

* David Hancock, vice president, marketing.

* Michael Tilson, vice president, engineering.

* Greg Dougherty, vice president, human resources.

* Steve Sabbath, vice president, law and corporate affairs.

Jim Wilt, vice president, business development, will continue to report to Mr.
Michels.

The Santa Cruz Operation is an international leader in the computer software
industry with annual revenues in excess of $165 million and an estimated 70
percent share in the global open software marketplace.

SCO is best known for its UNIX-based open system software that turns an
Intel-based computer into a multiuser system, departmental server or desktop
workstation. The resulting systems can be integrated into enterprise networks
or can run a small business or corporate department. The company estimates
that its multiuser, workstation and server systems support more than eight
million users world wide.

The market for UNIX systems grew 32 percent in 1991 to $31.2 billion and is
expected to reach $68.4 billion by 1995. Growth will be especially strong in
third world countries and the newly independent countries of Europe which are
only now computerizing various industries.

Founded in 1979, SCO is headquartered in Santa Cruz, Calif., with offices in
London, Paris, Toronto, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Mexico City, Milan,
Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and throughout the United States.

It employs approximately 1,100 people world-wide, including 700 in Santa Cruz.

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