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Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) documentation
M0841
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) documentation
Identifier/Call Number: M0841
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(5 boxes and 123 installation diskettes)
Date (inclusive): 1980s-1990s
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harold G. Harvey, 1996.
Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) was a software company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Cruz, California. It is best known
for developing Unix operating system variants—Xenix, SCO UNIX, and UnixWare—for Intel x86 processors. In 2000, SCO sold its
operating system divisions to Caldera, Inc. and focused on the Tarantella product, a terminal service, before being acquired
by Sun Microsystems in 2005.
Manuals and software from the software company, Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) concerning the XENIX and HCR/C++ systems.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Born-digital material
is not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
[identification of item], Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO) documentation (M0841). Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Science -- History.
Computer engineering