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===SCO OpenServer=== SCO OpenServer 5, released in 1995, would become SCO's primary product and serve as the basis for products like PizzaNet (the first Internet-based food delivery system done in partnership with [[Pizza Hut]]) and SCO Global Access, an Internet gateway server based on Open Desktop Lite.<ref>{{cite news |first=Christine |last=Burns |title=SCO to roll out Internet access software |date=7 March 1994 |newspaper=Network World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6 |page=6}}</ref> To compete with [[Windows NT]] and [[Linux]], by 1997 SCO was distributing single-user licenses for educational use for $19, the cost of the CD-ROM, or completely free at trade shows.<ref name="collins19971101">{{Cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Ken |date=1997-11-01 |title=SCO OpenServer |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2427 |access-date=2025-05-12 |magazine=Linux Journal}}</ref> Due to its large installed base, SCO OpenServer 5 continues to be actively maintained by SCO with major updates having occurred as recently as September 2018.<ref name="definitive2018"> {{ cite web | url = https://www.xinuos.com/wp-content/uploads/OpenServer5D2M1-ReleaseNotes-201809.pdf | title = SCO OpenServer® 5 Definitive 2018 | work = [[Xinuos]] | access-date = 2023-02-25 }} </ref> SCO OpenServer 6, based on the merging of AT&T [[UNIX]] [[System V]] Release 4.2MP and [[UnixWare|UnixWare 7]], was initially released by [[The SCO Group]] in 2005. It includes support for large files, increased memory, and multi-threaded kernel (light-weight processes). This merged codebase is referred to as [[UNIX System V#SVR5 / UnixWare 7|UNIX System V Release 5]] (SVR5) and was used only by SCO for OpenServer 6; SVR5 is not used by any other major developer or reseller. SCO OpenServer 6 contains the [[UnixWare|UnixWare 7]]'s SVR5 kernel integrated with SCO OpenServer 5 application and binary compatibility, OpenServer 5 system administration, and OpenServer 5 user environments. SCO OpenServer has primarily been sold into the small and medium business (SMB) market. It is widely used in small offices, [[point of sale]] (POS) systems, replicated sites, and backoffice [[database server]] deployments. Prominent larger SCO OpenServer customers include [[McDonald's]], [[Taco Bell]], [[Big O Tires]], [[Pizza Hut]], [[Costco]] pharmacy, [[NASDAQ]], The [[Toronto Stock Exchange]], [[Banco do Brasil]], many banks in [[Russia]] and [[China]], and the railway system of [[India]].<ref name="openservercustomers">{{cite web | url = http://cdms-inc.com/pdfs/unix_windows.pdf | title = Costco Cuts Costs with SCO OpenServer | work = CDMS Inc | access-date = 2010-04-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100325234204/http://www.cdms-inc.com/pdfs/unix_windows.pdf | archive-date = 2010-03-25 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="successstories"> {{ cite web | url = http://www.sco.com/company/success/search.html?select_cat=1&category_submit=true | title = OpenServer 5.0.7 Success Stories | work = [[The SCO Group]] | access-date = 2010-04-12 }} </ref><ref name="groklawreport">{{cite web | url = http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20090611130638179 | title = Monday's Agenda in SCO's Bankruptcy and the Letter from Russia | work = Groklaw | access-date = 2010-04-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100612020636/http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20090611130638179 | archive-date = 2010-06-12 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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