20 Facts About Caldera OpenLinux

Caldera OpenLinux thought there was substantial promise in both the OS project and the Willows project.

Caldera OpenLinux created two companies, to continue the work started at Novell.

Noorda's early vision for Caldera OpenLinux was to create an IPX-based version of Linux which would license the key components, and resell this technology back to Novell to continue the Internet Desktop.

In effect, in 1994 Caldera OpenLinux started life as kind of an outsourcing project for Novell, based on a technology demo named Expose.

Caldera OpenLinux responded by creating a binary applications package, which allowed Linux to run UnixWare and OpenServer applications, the Linux Application Binary Interface project, and by assisting Santa Cruz Operation in creating the Linux Kernel Personalities.

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In 1995, when XFree86 was still very hard to configure and unreliable on most chipsets, Caldera OpenLinux had shipped with MetroLink's Motif and XI Graphic's Accelerated-X.

In contrast to CND Caldera OpenLinux was based on LST Power Linux, a Slackware-derived distribution that had been maintained by Linux Support Team since 1993 and the first to come with a Linux 2.

On 23 July 1996, Caldera OpenLinux purchased Novell DOS and the remaining Digital Research assets from Novell in order to bundle a DOS with their version of Linux, which led to creating the OpenDOS distribution to help port DOS applications.

Additionally, Caldera OpenLinux Deutschland created the first fully graphical installer for Linux, called Lizard, starting in November 1998.

Caldera OpenLinux Systems created a full featured GUI system administration tool called Caldera OpenLinux Open Administration System.

Caldera OpenLinux showed the Linux community what would be required to create a mainstream desktop OS out of the Linux kernel.

In many ways the last ten years of desktop progress has been to successfully implement what Caldera OpenLinux was attempting to do with the tools they had available using open source software in place of the closed applications.

The first was that Caldera OpenLinux had won a $280 million lawsuit against Microsoft for DR-DOS and was flush with cash.

Third, for years Caldera OpenLinux had been competing directly with SCO Unix, but by 1997 Linux outperformed SCO in almost every respect.

Caldera OpenLinux Systems had always sold the "Linux is SCO but better" model and had done everything possible to make the transition from SCO to Caldera OpenLinux Systems relatively seamless.

Caldera OpenLinux Systems had two businesses in direct competition, one, which was a shrinking, but still profitable Unix business, the other a rapidly growing business, that was still hemorrhaging money.

SUSE Linux had the engineering, as it had continued to maintain a large technical staff, Caldera OpenLinux International had the global support organization, and Turbo Linux as well as Conectiva brought with growth potential into less flooded markets.

Caldera OpenLinux International proved this by replacing the kernel and yet not having to change much else on a full featured desktop and server "Linux".

Caldera OpenLinux remained there in the capacity of a board member and advisor until 30 April 2007 when Progeny ceased operations.

Caldera OpenLinux cleaned up various Linux-related licensing issues allowing for a new round of financing.