Xinuos
Xinuos is an American software company that was created in 2011 and sells operating system software. It was first called UnXis until assuming its current name in 2013. (Both names have been variations on the spelling of the Unix operating system.) Its headquarters are in San Mateo, California.[1]
UnXis was formed when the operating assets of The SCO Group, which had been in bankruptcy for several years, were acquired in April 2011 by Stephen Norris Capital Partners and MerchantBridge Group for the price of $600,000.[2] In particular, the company took over the product name, ownership, and maintenance of The SCO Group's flagship operating system products, OpenServer and UnixWare.[3][4]
The SCO Group's litigation rights against IBM and Novell did not transfer to UnXis[2] (and The SCO Group subsequently renamed itself to The TSG Group).[4] UnXis, and later Xinuos, has indicated that it has no involvement in any ongoing aspects of that litigation, saying in 2011, "There is no place for litigation in our vision or plan,"[3] and reiterating in a 2013 statement: "Since the sale of assets was completed [in 2011], we have had no further dealings with the SCO Group and have no knowledge regarding any legal action nor do we have any interest whatsoever in such proceedings."[5]
Initially, UnXis was headquartered in Nevada and its CEO was Richard Bolandz.[2] In June 2013, its named was changed to Xinuos.[6] By then its President was Sean Snyder.[6] and the company had relocated to California.
Products
- SCO UnixWare, an Unix operating system. UnixWare 2.x and below were direct descendants of Unix System V Release 4.2 and was originally developed by AT&T, Univel, Novell, and later on The Santa Cruz Operation. UnixWare 7 was sold as a Unix OS combining UnixWare 2 and OpenServer 5 and was based on System V Release 5. UnixWare 7.1.2 was branded OpenUNIX 8, but later releases returned to the UnixWare 7.1.x name and version numbering. The most recent release is UnixWare 7.1.4+.
- SCO OpenServer, another Unix operating system, which was originally developed by The Santa Cruz Operation. SCO OpenServer 5 was a descendant of SCO UNIX, which is in turn a descendent of XENIX. OpenServer 6 is, in fact, an OpenServer compatibility environment running on a modern SVR5-based Unix kernel. The most recent and still much-used version of the previous product is OpenServer 5.0.7.
- SCOoffice Server, an e-mail and collaboration solution, based on a mixture of open-source and proprietary software.
References
- ↑ "About Xinuos". Xinuos. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harvey, Tom (April 11, 2011). "SCO closes sale of Unix system to Nevada company". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. (April 14, 2011). "SCO is dead, SCO Unix lives on". ZDNet.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harvey, Tom (August 10, 2012). "Former SCO Group wants bankruptcy converted to liquidation". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ↑ "Xinuos responds to the SCO Group's motion for reconsideration and the reopening of the case against IBM" (Press release). Xinuos. June 17, 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "UnXis, Inc. announced today that it has changed its corporate name to Xinuos, Inc." (Press release). Xinuos. June 12, 2013.