Caldera's Linux Management and Deployment Solution, 'Cosmos,' Enters Closed Beta; First Complete Linux Management Product Supports Any Linux Distribution

Business Wire, August 14, 2000

Business Editors, Technology Writers

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OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000

Caldera Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALD), today announced that its Linux management solution, code-named "Cosmos," is entering closed beta.

Cosmos is a browser- and directory-based remote management product for Linux systems within heterogeneous and Linux networks. It utilizes the inherent strengths of both LDAP directories and SQL databases. With Cosmos, administrators can use policies and profiles to manage thousands of Linux systems, without having to individually manage each system.

Cosmos will significantly benefit ASPs, ISPs, hosting companies, systems integrators and network administrators -- anyone needing to manage multiple Linux servers and workstations. By consolidating management functions for labor-intensive tasks, Cosmos dramatically reduces costs, saves time and increases job efficiency.

"ASPs are adopting Linux for its open solutions features, performance and price," said Thomas Karren, senior technology consultant of Wingate Web, LLC. -- beta site for Cosmos. "But the one roadblock to mass deployment of Linux systems has been a lack of management solutions. Caldera has now solved that problem for ASPs."

"Management solutions are paramount to the evolution of Linux in the enterprise," said Ransom Love, president and CEO of Caldera Systems, Inc. "As Linux grows exponentially and is adopted into many computer environments, our strategy is to manage any Linux with Cosmos."

"In 1999, IDC research indicated that Linux had grown 93.3% to hold 24.4% of the paid or revenue shipments of server operating environment software worldwide," said Dan Kusnetzky, vice president of system software research for IDC. "This made Linux the fastest growing server operating environment.

If this trend continues, IDC projects that over three million paid copies of Linux server software will be installed by the end of 2000. Since Linux is often found as part of a computer or Web farm, management of Linux systems and resources in this type of environment is increasingly important."

Key Features

-- Supports any RPM-based Linux

-- Web-based management console

-- Electronic software distribution

-- Hardware inventory

-- Software inventory

-- Health monitoring of Linux systems

-- Printer management

Ransom Love, president and CEO of Caldera Systems, will demonstrate Cosmos at LinuxWorld during his keynote address on August 16 from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. in the San Jose Civic Auditorium across the street from the San Jose Convention Center. Caldera will also demonstrate the product in their booth at LinuxWorld, August 15-17. Cosmos is scheduled to ship in the fall of 2000.

Open Source

From its inception, Caldera Systems has been the leader in developing Linux management solutions. Examples include Webmin -- a Web-based administration tool, LIZARD -- the award-winning Linux Installation Wizard, Linux Unattended Installation (LUI), Linux Installation Administration (LISA) and Caldera Open Administration System (COAS). Each has been given back to the Open Source community. Please visit www.openlinux.org to download Caldera Systems' technologies that have been open-sourced.

Caldera Systems, Inc.

Caldera Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALD) is a "Linux for eBusiness" technology leader in developing and marketing successful Linux-based business solutions, including its award-winning OpenLinux, NetWare for Linux, Linux technical training, certification and support -- with free 30-day phone support and on-site consulting. Caldera OpenLearning Providers offer exceptional distribution-neutral Linux training and certification based on Linux Professional Institute (LPI(TM)) certification standards. Caldera Systems supports the open source community and is a leader in, and advocate of Linux Standard Base (LSB(TM)) and LPI(TM).

Caldera, Inc. was co-founded in 1994 by Ransom Love. Caldera Systems, Inc. was founded by Ransom Love in 1998 to develop Linux-based business solutions. Based in Orem, UT, Caldera Systems has offices and 800+ resellers worldwide. For more information, see www.calderasystems.com or in the US call 888/GO-Linux (888/465-4689).

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Forward Looking Statements

The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the failure of the products described above to operate as designed due to incompatibility with some platforms or other defects; our reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; the Company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; failure of our brand to achieve the broad recognition necessary to succeed; unenforceability of the GNU general public license; our reliance on third party developers of components of our software offerings; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in the Company's distribution sales channel. These and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially, are also discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form S-1.