Shavlik Technologies to Expand UNIX(R) Patch Management Solutions

"UNIX solutions continue to expand in the enterprise and to achieve total
network security all platforms must be patched effectively," continued Mark
Shavlik.

Linux vendors , on the other hand, seem to have a "bait and switch"
pricing model. With our latest release , OpenServer
provides support for up to 32 processors, 64 GB of memory, terabyte
file sizes, and full support for multi-threaded applications. Backward compatibility is almost non -existent for Linux
customers."

"This makes a powerful and reliable server combination that
should meet the needs of most organizations.

Unix is a highly developed , mature, very stable, complex, and very powerful family of OSs for computers for running data processing and telephone systems.

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Additional Shavlik product
names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Shavlik Technologies. Their method of deployment was recently
described to me this way: "We put the server in a closet, lock the
door, and hide the key. Of course you, the reader , probably think this byline
is biased."

"SCO OpenServer 6 is a Winner"

I'm very proud of the work our SCO team has put into OpenServer 6.

Much like Open Source software , all POSIX standards are copyrighted (by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc .

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Linux
lures you in with the promise of its being "free.
In CNET's, May 27, 2005 article entitled "OS Makers Slow to Fix Flaw,"
a vulnerability was discovered affecting Intel 's hyperthreading and
allows a local hacker to steal sensitive information. These partners welcome the opportunity for
the industry to create fewer certifications rather than more .

10. For most
customers who have an immediate need, SCO can respond much faster than
Linux because our support staff is in-house and has direct access to
the developers to answer all customer questions.

3) Bottom group: specific Unix OSs.

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. To simplify the vender certification
process, OpenServer 6 has actually reduced the number of
certifications required of our software and hardware partners by
providing a single-certification for applications that now run on both
UnixWare and OpenServer.

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Our customers have been asking us to add patching functionality to
address the widespread growth of UNIX systems. We work and
live in a competitive environment, as do most companies. Calculating the cost of running Linux over a five
year period of time, that same customer pays from $1,745 to $12,495.
Contrary to that approach , SCO believes in a solid, public, and
planned roadmap based on the tried and true methodology of listening
to customers, evaluating technology and bringing it to market in a
timely manner.
It's part of the product release criteria, and SCO's focused
engineering team makes it happen every time. Alternatively, Linux distributors ship an
operating system for which they have little control and no ownership.

By not certifying any of the "free" versions of their operating system
(like Fedora), they instead concentrate their efforts on only
certified, "paid for" versions.

The main standard defining what constitutes a Unix OS is POSIX, an acronym for: Portable Operating System Interface for UniX.

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But since SCO owns the UNIX operating system and it
made up 95 percent of our company's revenue, and we were getting strong demand
from customers for a next generation version of UNIX, that's where we
concentrated our efforts.

In June, we released SCO OpenServer 6, which was a multi-year,
multi-million dollar development effort that resulted in a product that goes
beyond simply leveling the playing field with Linux.

While UNIX has had its own history of forking, SCO is committed to a
policy of converging and unifying its code base as is evident with the
release of OpenServer 6.
First, they can turn to the Linux distributor who played a big role in
packaging the product but had nothing to do with its core development. These
volunteers were not paid to develop the product; and they received
nothing from the Linux distributor , there's no obligation for that
volunteer to support the product. We
recognize that we 're not perfect and there is much work to be done.

Rather, it is a set of standards (IEEE 1003.

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Founded in 1993, Shavlik licenses its industry-leading technology to
partners including BindView , BMC Software, Endforce, Microsoft, iPass, NetIQ,
Quest Software and Symantec. Some of these developments we've been public about and
others will be introduced in the coming months. A notification
was given to all operating system vendors in March. As is the case with
OpenServer 6, older applications written on this operating system work
seamlessly with the new features and capabilities built into the
product.

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The resulting
solutions will provide the user with a common user experience and set of
capabilities for UNIX and Linux(R), as is the case for the Shavlik integration
for Microsoft(R) patches.
"We've invested much of our resources in providing patch management
solutions for the Windows(R) operating environment," said Mark Shavlik,
president and CEO of Shavlik Technologies. Yet, they typically charge customers from $349 to $2,499
every single year." But before you get
out of the "store," you are surprised to find out that it was anything
but free. Linux development plans and
schedules are generally as unknown as they are unpredictable.

5. OpenServer 6 is Backward Compatible - In listening to our customers,
we've received the strong message that backward compatibility is
essential." Forking is exactly what is happening to
Linux. They have caused the very problem
that they promised they would never create.

Thus the OS architecture based on POSIX is an open architecture that invites and welcomes cloning and interoperability.

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"Free" is one of the most searched words on the Web today. In a study
conducted only seven months ago they found that overall, the most
vulnerable operating system for manual hacker attacks was Linux,
accounting for 65.

8.
They are attempting to get ISVs locked into a specific flavor of
Linux, thereby forking Linux with every new version of the product.

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6. They want to be free to manage
their businesses , and leave the operating system details to SCO and
our army of resellers, support engineers , and product development
personnel. The grand promise of Linux was that it wouldn't fork or
fragment into multiple Linux operating systems. However,
as the stewards of the UNIX operating system, SCO is committed to providing
technology leadership and delivering on the promise of UNIX-based solutions
for many years to come.

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Since the Linux license itself is "free ," are you really happy to be
paying annual subscription fees that are, in effect, higher than SCO's
price for both licenses and software fixes?

Is Linux really free? Of course not. According to technology risk management firm mi2g, SCO
OpenServer is one of the most secure operating systems in the world. SCO customers don't worry that their
application won't run with the new version of their SCO operating
system because backward compatibility is built into each new release. SCO Allows You to Focus on Your Core Competency - A popular animation
on the Internet features a guy named Steve, the Linux Super Villain..

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All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their
respective owners.

Since then, people have often asked me, "Is SCO a company that is really
focused on innovating products and technology or are you just hoping to win a
lawsuit against IBM and then ride off into the sunset? " "Isn't SCO just all
about defeating Linux?" Of course we are innovating and we absolutely want to
defeat Linux, just as we want to defeat any other competitor. The competitive
battle between Pepsi and Coke is legendary, as is the battle between GM and
Ford, Boeing and Airbus, and the Red Sox and Yankees. However, Linux vendors Red Hat, Novell and
Mandriva have been slow to act , as has Microsoft," he said.

SCO OpenServer 6 customers get a stable operating system with full
compatibility for applications back to the earliest versions of SCO
OpenServer and Xenix. SCO Owns and Warrantees its Products - SCO owns the OpenServer 6
operating system that it licenses to its customers. SCO also owns the
UNIX operating system technology that has been licensed to thousands
of firms over the years.

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Shavlik Technologies is a registered trademark in the United States and
certain other countries, of Shavlik Technologies .
The purchase price for SCO OpenServer 6 is priced from $599 to $1399
which includes the license to the product, software fixes, and access
to SCO's online knowledge base.

Linux will likely continue to face challenges about its development
methodologies and roadmaps as long as it continues to be a loosely
organized set of volunteers who develop what they want, when they
want. SCO is Unifying its Code Base - Yogi Berra once said, "If you come to
a fork in the road, take it. One large SCO customer has chosen OpenServer as
its operating system of choice in thousands of locations due to this
legendary reliability. But what are the press saying about OpenServer
6? Here is a quick sampling of recent sound bites:

"OpenServer 6's features form a very powerful server.

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"FreeBSD security
team member Percival has received formal responses to the issue from
the makers of the BSD family of open-source operating systems, as well
as SCO and Ubuntu Linux.

Regarding Linux vulnerabilities, mi2g stated, "For how long can the
truth remain hidden that the great emperors of the software industry
are wearing no clothes fit for the fluid environment in which
computing takes place, where new threats manifest every hour of every
day."
While the animation is designed to be humorous, it's not far from the
truth. The problem is compounded
when software and hardware partners are forced to certify to multiple
Linux distributions.

Some of the world's largest and most well-known companies trust SCO to
run their business.

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People
thought we were crazy.
"Free" is a very powerful marketing concept.

We all love free."

2. SCO is committed to deliver on its roadmap promises --
on time and on target. From the standpoint of intellectual
property rights, SCO OpenServer 6 is backed by a company that
warrantees its products. A noble sentiment, to
be sure; but Linux distributors have ensured exactly the opposite. SCO UNIX: Legendary Reliability - Customers value and trust a vendor
whose products provide reliability and stability year after year. This cannot be said of Linux distributions.

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Long Live UNIX: An Open Letter from Darl McBride President and CEO The SCO Group

One thing is certain: while
our lawyers are protecting UNIX in the courtroom, SCO is clearly focused on
winning in the marketplace with superior technology and better value for our
customers. Based on the feedback
from our strategic partners, customers , resellers, engineers, and many others,
I believe SCO OpenServer 6 outshines Linux on a number of fronts:

1. SCO Has a Superior Kernel - SCO OpenServer 6 includes the UNIX System
V Release 5 (SVR5) kernel, the result of more than 25 years of
high-end development work that has created a proven track record of
stability and reliability. OpenServer Has Better Security - IT managers rank security today as
one of the most important decision factors in selecting an operating
system.

7.

Conversely, when Linux customers run into problems and need
professional technical support they really have only two choices . These improvements, along
with a set of new and updated open-source software components ,
make OpenServer 6 a compelling upgrade for sites already running
this venerable operating system.

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PAUL, Minn. LINDON, Utah,

Three years ago, when I first joined The SCO Group, we focused the company
on the area that was most profitable and provided the most benefit to
customers, investors, resellers, developers and employees: UNIX. Customers pay once for the product
and run it for as long as they like.

We also believe in quickly responding to the latest security threats.64% of all hacker breaches reported. If you're adopting Linux , get prepared to go into the
operating system business because that's exactly the path you will be
taking." I believe
this is a key competitive advantage for OpenServer .

1): interfaces, design guidelines, software design specifications, defining (for creating) the computer code that will become language interfaces between an OS kernel and its programs, to give compatibility when moving programs between compatible systems.

POSIX is made mostly of features from BSD Unix and Unix System V.

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ST. Delivery is
scheduled for the second quarter of mid-2005 for Red Hat and Solaris with
additional platform support soon to follow.

If you had a chance to walk the halls of SCO's offices, you would clearly
know that we are a company focused on furthering SCO UNIX and innovating in
new product areas. The initial attraction to Linux was a price tag of
zero cost. SCO Has a Customer-Driven Roadmap - Customers expect to see a
published roadmap of product development.

All operating systems (OSs) in this category support POSIX standards fully.

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Just remember the proverb, "Free is the most expensive
price.

Unfortunately for Linux, mi2g also confirmed that the Linux operating
system has become somewhat of a hacker 's paradise. They
have decades of experience with our product line and are available
around the world and around the clock.

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About Shavlik Technologies, LLC
Shavlik Technologies helps information technology managers and
administrators manage computer system security including assessment, security
scanning and remediation of security vulnerabilities due to missing patches,
weak accounts and passwords. Shavlik's security solutions include Shavlik
HFNetChkPro(TM), the industry standard for security patch management, Shavlik
Security Agents (TM), the company's new agent-based patch management solution,
Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) for Linux, the company's web-based interface for the
Linux environment, Shavlik EnterpriseInspector(TM), a powerful network
inspection tool, and Shavlik AccountInspector(TM), an interactive account and
password security tool. Linux
is still young from an operating system perspective. I would
challenge any kernel out there to match us head-to-head. While Linux
may appeal to some as the sleek, new "racer" on the track, the
experienced IT professional will truly see the real power under the
hood when they test the UNIX kernel and the tried and true power of
UNIX combined with the new capabilities of SCO OpenServer 6.

3. SCO was
first to respond to the security threat.'s OpenServer 6
offers significant scalability upgrades, along with new UnixWare
application and driver compatibility.

Much like TRON , POSIX is not a body of computer code that is compiled and run on some processor.

2) Middle group: types or classes of OS, or OSs for which there are more than one instance of an OS of this name/type, an OS family.

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Shavlik can be reached at
http://www."

4.
During the course of the 60 second animation, he describes his work
with Linux stating, "First you have to config it, then write some
shell scripts, update your RPMs, partition your drives, patch your
kernel, compile your binaries and check your version dependencies.
Or second, they can turn to the Linux volunteer community.

On this page, links are arranged in three groups and levels: 1) Top group: issues spanning multiple unrelated Unix OSs.

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, Shavlik Technologies, a leading
provider of security software solutions, today announced it is developing
patch management solutions for UNIX (R) operating systems. The combination of Windows and
multiple UNIX patching capabilities provides customers access to a
comprehensive solution to better protect and secure IT infrastructures. OpenServer 6 Costs Less - OpenServer 6 offers very aggressive pricing. SCO
OpenServer 6 has all the latest security protocols and encryption
systems.

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The Shavlik UNIX solutions will help secure a wide-range of UNIX operating
systems, including AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, and Solaris.

When you
type in "Free" in Yahoo search, it brings up more than 3 billion hits. Who is checking
for compatibility across thousands of applications , drivers, hardware
and peripherals? Who is verifying backward compatibility? When a new
upgrade of Linux is required, software vendors and end users most
likely have to upgrade their application as well."

"Sporting an updated kernel, The SCO Group Inc.

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A study confirmed that SCO UNIX platforms had the lowest number of
vulnerabilities of any operating system they had studied. Linux has a "community" of contributing volunteers, and
while some would say this is a boon for Linux, I would characterize it
as a bane because channeling all of these contributions into another
point release for Linux inevitably causes problems.
In fact, the General Public License, which governs the use and
distribution of the Linux operating system, makes it clear that Linux
conveys no warranty to end users . Would you really want to trust the
backbone of your business to the likely unpredictable response times
of this Linux "volunteer fire department" support model?

So that 's my "Top 10 List" of reasons you should consider SCO UNIX as an
alternative to Linux."

"The price, for what you get, offers a significant return on
investment that cannot be overlooked.

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"However, that's only part of the
solution.

One of the primary reasons customers choose SCO is that they don't
want to be an operating system vendor. A
good operating system is like a strong building foundation, you may
not think about it everyday, but you're glad it's there. We never have to touch it again. SCO Has an Award-Winning Support Team - Customers of OpenServer 6 have
access to a support team that knows the product inside and out. In addition, the SCO support
team has access to the very development engineers who created the
product. Of course it is.

It provides multi-tasking, and multi-user abilities that let multiple programs run on one computer simultaneously, and let multiple users use one computer simultaneously; Unix systems can be servers, clients, and/or both, at once, all at the same time, as needed.