From: info@sco.COM (SCO Information)
Subject: Compaq and SCO Sign Worldwide Agreement
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 16:28:01 GMT
Followup-To: biz.sco.general

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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 Zee Zaballos
 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
 TEL: 408/427-7156
 FAX: 408/427-5448


            COMPAQ AND SCO SIGN WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

SANTA CRUZ, CA (October 6, 1992) -- Compaq Corporation and SCO today
announced that, under the terms of a new worldwide distribution agreement,
Compaq will distribute the SCO UNIX System and other key SCO products in
its European, Asia/Pacific, and Latin American divisions and to select major
accounts in North America. This agreement is designed to serve corporate and
government customers wishing to purchase advanced open system servers from
a single vendor.

``Building on the long-term strength of the Compaq-SCO relationship, this
agreement provides users of COMPAQ server products with an industry-
standard UNIX solution,'' said Doug Michels, SCO executive vice president
and co-founder. ``The Compaq-SCO solution is optimized for the COMPAQ
platform, and includes the highest level of Compaq support and the most
essential components for a robust server environment.''

``Compaq and SCO have worked together to meet the needs of our mutual
customers for an optimized, high-performance, easy-to-install version of the
leading UNIX Operating System for Intel-based platforms,'' said Mike Clark,
vice president of Systems Marketing, Compaq Computer Corporation.

Through this agreement, Compaq will make available essential UNIX System
components including the performance-tuned SCO UNIX System V/386
Release 3.2 Operating System Version 4.0, as well as the SCO MPX 
multiprocessor extension and key SCO networking and development software.
The Compaq offering is available on CD-ROM and tape, and features
streamlined installation for COMPAQ servers, support for advanced COMPAQ
server features, and the COMPAQ Performance Management TechNote, a guide for
customers in tuning their COMPAQ-SCO UNIX Systems to deliver enhanced
levels of performance.

The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) is a privately held company recognized
internationally as the business choice for open systems software. SCO's wide
range of UNIX System software solutions for 386/486 computers includes SCO
Open Desktop, the SCO UNIX Operating System, and the SCO MPX
multiprocessor extension, plus interoperability software, development tools,
and comprehensive consulting, training and support services. To date, SCO has
shipped over 800,000 UNIX Systems -- more than any other vendor -- and
fields one of the largest UNIX System technical teams in the world. Founded
in 1979, SCO maintains corporate business and development headquarters in
Santa Cruz, California, London, and Toronto, and major regional offices in
Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Mexico City, Milan, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo,
and throughout the U.S.

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