"UnitedLinux Adds HP as Technology Partner"

             UnitedLinux Adds HP as Technology Partner

WAKEFIELD, Mass. - Jan. 22, 2003 - UnitedLinux today announced 
that HP (NYSE:HPQ) has joined the group as a Technology Partner. 
UnitedLinux is the result of an industry initiative to streamline 
Linux development and certification around a global, uniform 
distribution of Linux targeted at the business user. The role of 
Technology Partner includes, among other benefits, participation 
in the UnitedLinux Technical Advisory Board and its committees, 
pre-release access to UnitedLinux deliverables, the right to 
propose enhancements for consideration by the UnitedLinux 
Technical Steering Committee, and joint marketing activities.  

"UnitedLinux welcomes HP as our most recent Technology Partner.  
Through our continued collaboration with Linux industry leaders, 
we advance towards our goal of widespread proliferation of Linux 
in the enterprise," said Paula Hunter, general manager of 
UnitedLinux. "UnitedLinux is proud that the three Technology 
Partner companies have validated our mission through their early 
participation in the program, and we look forward to the results 
of our cooperation."

Founding companies of UnitedLinux are Linux industry leaders 
Conectiva S.A., The SCO Group (NASDAQ:SCOX), SuSE Linux AG, and 
Turbolinux, Inc. UnitedLinux Version 1.0, released in November, is 
the engine that powers products sold by the four companies, each 
with its own value-add features, services and pricing.

"As a leading provider of industry-standard Linux hardware and a 
long time proponent of open-source computing, HP believes in 
offering our customers the choice to deploy Linux across the 
platforms that best meet their individual computing needs," said 
Judy Chavis, Worldwide Linux Director, HP Industry Standard 
Servers. "Working with UnitedLinux as a Technology Partner enables 
us to offer our customers choice in deploying the best Linux 
solution for their business."

Built on top of a solid and tested foundation, UnitedLinux 1.0 is 
an enterprise-class operating system with exceptional stability, 
scalability and reliability, and its high level of quality has 
been previously available only in expensive proprietary operating 
systems. UnitedLinux Version 1.0 incorporates a wide range of 
features that enhance its usefulness for enterprise environments. 
Details are contained in a UnitedLinux white paper at 
www.unitedlinux.com.  

Distributed virtually everywhere in the world and supported by 
leading global ISVs and IHVs, UnitedLinux Version 1.0 is initially 
available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, 
Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, German, French and Hungarian. 
UnitedLinux Version 1.0 has local language and local time zone 
support for customers around the world, with access to a channel 
of more than 16,000 resellers and a global pre- and post-sales 
support team.  

Products powered by UnitedLinux are being offered by the four 
founding companies. Details are available on request from 
Conectiva S. A. - unitedlinux@conectiva.com; The SCO Group - 
unitedlinux@sco.com; SuSE Linux AG - unitedlinux@suse.com; 
Turbolinux, Inc. - unitedlinux@turbolinux.com. 

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.

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For additional information:
Margot Rodger 
UnitedLinux
781-876-6299
mrodger@virtualmgmt.com