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 +====== Univel/Novell UnixWare/SCO UnixWare  ======
  
 +**First Release Date:** 1992\\
 +**Final Release Date:** 2018 \\ 
 +**Released By:** Novell, later SCO, now Xinuos\\
 +**Source Code: ** Never officially released, leaks exist\\
 +**History: **
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 +UnixWare was a product of the Unix Systems Laboratories section of AT&T, as they were releasing the USL System V release 4.2. It uses the VERITAS VxFS as of release 2. Novell quickly purchased both USL and Univel in 1993. UnixWare 1.1 was released in 1994 with full TCP/IP support in all editions (Unixware 1.0 only had IPX in personal edition). 
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 +Novell sold UnixWare in 1995 to the Santa Cruz Operation, aka SCO, where they planned unification of their customer base around a unified UnixWare and OpenServer set of versions. This was accomplished with UnixWare 7, which jumped from version 2 to 7 to reflect OpenServer's numbering. It was based on System V Release 5, which was only ever utilized by SCO and successor companies. 
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 +SCO sold its entire UNIX division to Caldera systems, renaming itself "Tarantella" and Caldera becoming the "SCO Group" Unixware 7 continued to receive updates sporadically until SCO Group went bankrupt in 2012, with the business acquired by Xinuos, which officially retains rights to it and claims support. 
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 +**Works Cited**
 +  - [[https://www.scl.org/1006-the-sco-open-source-litigation-saga-the-community-fights-back/]]
 +  - [[https://www.osnews.com/story/141690/unixware-in-2025-still-actively-developed-and-maintained/]]
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