From: info@sco.COM (SCO Information)
Subject: FINALISTS IN SCO OPEN DESKTOP PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR CONTEST
Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:08:36 GMT
Followup-To: biz.sco.opendesktop


                 SCO ANNOUNCES FINALISTS IN SCO OPEN DESKTOP
                        PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR CONTEST

           Industry's best products to be showcased at SCO Forum92

SANTA CRUZ, CA (July 22, 1992) -- SCO announced today the finalists in
the second annual SCO Open Desktop Products of the Year Contest. The 14
finalists represent the power and diversity of the year's best software and
hardware products compatible with SCO Open Desktop, SCO's advanced,
integrated operating environment for 386/486 workstations and servers.

First released in January, 1990, SCO Open Desktop supports more than 300
graphical applications, as well as thousands of other UNIX System, XENIX,
and DOS applications. In addition, SCO Open Desktop supports more than 800
standard and specialty peripherals.

An independent panel of judges selected finalists in each of five product
categories: Software Development Tools, Peripherals/Hardware Products,
Business Applications, System Utilities, and Engineering/Scientific Applications.
Products were evaluated on their use of SCO Open Desktop's integrated
services, innovative features, market position, pricing, product description and
system requirements.

The finalists are:

Software Development Tools

UNIFACE, Uniface Corporation -- a tool for building complex database
applications, portable across networks

UDT for C++, Quadralay Corporation -- a graphical tool for complete
 construction, implementation, and maintenance of C++ source code

Software through Pictures, Interactive Development Environment (IDE) --
an integrated structured environment for computer-aided software
engineering

Peripherals/Hardware Products

BUG Voice Interface, Command Corp., Inc. -- supports voice control of X
 Window System applications

DigiFax, DigiBoard -- provides one or two fax channels on a single board,
with up to eight channels on a single PC

VBT Toolkit, Videomail, Inc. -- a video-based training authoring system

Business Applications

Distributed Call Center, Unifi Communications Corporation -- a PBX
software package that enables users to control and manage public telephone
networks

Aster*x, Applix, Inc. -- an applications suite for creating, editing, and
sharing information on heterogenous networks

Clarity Rapport, Clarity Software -- an office communication package that
creates documentation and slides with embedded graphics, images,
spreadsheets, and audio

System Utilities

Xumon, Acacia Computer Agency, Inc. -- graphically displays kernel and
system information with 100 different graphs

FacetTerm, Structured Software Solutions, a utility that enables users to run
multiple concurrent sessions from a single character terminal

Veritas Visual Administrator, Veritas Software Corp. -- graphically
administers disk storage and implements RAID configuration

Engineering/Scientific Applications

System 2000, B.V. Electronic A/S -- a graphical supervisory system for
process control

CAD X11, GrayTech Software -- a 3-D mechanical design and drafting
system for X Windows and networking environments

Final judging will take place at SCO Forum92: The International SCO Technology
and Marketing Conference, following a demonstration for the judges. This year's
panel of judges includes some of the key figures in the open systems industry,
such as Nina Lytton of The Open Systems Advisor, Judith Hurwitz of Toolswatch,
David Card of International Data Corporation, and Heather Clancy of Computer
Reseller News.

All finalists have been invited to display their products throughout SCO
Forum92, which takes place August 17-21 at the University of California, Santa
Cruz. SCO Forum92 brings together software developers, major hardware
manufacturers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, distributors, and MIS
decision makers for Fortune 500 and U.S. government organizations.

For more information about SCO Forum92 call (800) 553-9939 toll-free from
the U.S. and Canada, or (415) 966-8440 from Latin America, Japan, Korea,
China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan ROC. From Europe, Africa, the Middle East,
Southern Asia, Australia, or New Zealand, call +(44) 923 816344.

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 650,000 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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