August 18, 1997

Compaq Stands Behind SCO Unix By Mary Hayes hile SCO may be losing some ground to Sun, Compaq continues its support for SCO Unix. This week, Compaq will introduce its ProLiant 7000, an Intel-based system designed for users of the SCO Unix operating system. A Compaq spokesman says the company's SCO Unix business is currently growing annually at a double-digit rate. The ProLiant 7000 will be Compaq's first system capable of handling motherboards with up to eight Intel processors. Compaq officials expect the added power will give the company greater presence in the midrange Unix market. "It's complementary with the enterprise thrust we have with SCO," says Mike Perez, VP of servers at Compaq. SCO and Compaq will also demonstrate hot-pluggable PCI, techn ology that allows administrators to change boards while systems are running. SCO this week will announce the availability of the developer's version of Gemini, its next-generation operating system featuring NUMA clustering capabilities, hot-pluggable PCI, and a 70,000-terabyte file system. Gemini, which will be delivered to customers before year's end, is the merger of SCO OpenServer and UnixWare, the more powerful Unix SCO acquired from Novell. Return to story " Unix Power Play " Back to News in Review Send Us Your Feedback Top of the Page

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