Over 15,000 UnitedLinux downloads

  UnitedLinux Counts Over 15,000 Downloads of Beta in First Month

WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Oct. 30, 2002 - From its initial availability 
on Sept. 23, over 15,000 downloads of the UnitedLinux beta release 
were initiated, the UnitedLinux group reported today. This figure 
translates to more than 500 downloads per day - an impressively 
high rate. UnitedLinux is a standards-based Linux operating system 
targeted at the business user, the result of an industry 
initiative to streamline Linux development and certification 
around a global, uniform distribution of Linux. UnitedLinux 
founding companies are Linux industry leaders Conectiva S.A., The 
SCO Group, SuSE Linux AG, and Turbolinux, Inc.

"The large number of downloads of our beta release, by individuals 
and organizations from countries around the world, demonstrates 
the high level of global interest in the Linux operating system 
and in UnitedLinux deliverables in particular," said Paula Hunter, 
general manager of UnitedLinux. "We know we are offering a quality 
distribution, and expect a number of the download recipients to 
become early adopters of UnitedLinux Version 1.0. Clearly we are 
poised to deliver on our goal of broad enterprise deployment of 
Linux worldwide."

Hunter spoke from the LinuxWorld Conference in Frankfurt, where 
she is delivering a presentation today, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 
entitled "UnitedLinux: A Global Partnership Delivering Linux for 
the Enterprise."

The UnitedLinux operating system is geared for the enterprise. 
UnitedLinux Version 1.0 will be compliant with existing Linux 
standards such as Linux Standard Base (LSB) and OpenI18N 
(internationalization and localization), and will be available in 
English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, 
Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, German, French, and Hungarian. 
Supported by leading global ISVs and IHVs, UnitedLinux will have 
local language and local time zone support for customers around 
the world, with a channel of more than 16,000 resellers and a 
global pre- and post-sales support team.

About UnitedLinux

UnitedLinux is a partnership of industry-leading Linux companies 
combining their intellectual property, geographic mind share, 
sales, support and marketing expertise to produce a uniform 
distribution of Linux designed for business. UnitedLinux applies 
the collaborative development model of open source to the business 
model to enable a one-stop shop for developers, partners and 
customers to install, support and maintain quality business 
solutions based on Linux anywhere in the world. UnitedLinux is 
actively recruiting membership for both industry software 
developers and those who provide Linux as an integral part of 
their business solutions. For more information, visit 
http://www.unitedlinux.com or call UnitedLinux at +1-781-876-8989.

For additional information:
UnitedLinux
Margot Benoit
mbenoit@virtualmgmt.com
+1-781-876-6299