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SCO INVESTS IN LINUXMALL.COM

Expands Strategic Involvement in Linux Community, Takes Stake in Leading
Linux Portal

SANTA CRUZ, CA (October 14, SCO (NASDAQ: SCOC) today announced
it has made a significant investment and formed a strategic partnership
with LinuxMall.com, the leading Linux e-commerce site and vendor-neutral
Linux portal.

As part of its ongoing strategy to support the Linux and Open Source
movements, SCO along with Hambrecht & Quist have committed to a substantial
investment program, aimed at allowing LinuxMall.com to dramatically
increase their growth. As a result of this investment, SCO becomes the
largest external investor and will hold a seat on the board of WGS, Inc.,
the parent company to LinuxMall.com.

"SCO has a long history in the Open Systems and Open Source movements,"
said Doug Michels, president and CEO of SCO. "We have been distributing
Open Source offerings for over five years as part of our product
line. LinuxMall.com is a fast-growing company with a very compelling
business model. The LinuxMall.com opportunity provides SCO with a way to
pursue new business opportunities in the Linux marketplace with a partner
that is distribution neutral."

"We're thrilled to be working with SCO. Doug Michels and I have been in
contact for many years and I believe that SCO is a perfect partner for a
company like LinuxMall.com," said Mark Bolzern, CEO of LinuxMall.com.
"First, SCO's industry and technical experience are very valuable resources
for us. Secondly, they are fully committed to the Linux
Community. LinuxMall.com will remain independent, based on the same
Community-centered ideals that have made us the number one Linux E-Commerce
site and portal for Linux."

As a corporate sponsor of Linux International, SCO is a strong proponent of
the Open Source movement, citing it as a driving force for innovation. Over
the years, SCO has contributed source code to the movement with lxrun and
OpenSAR, and currently offers a free Open Source Software Supplement CD
that includes many Open Source technologies. Most recently, SCO announced a
comprehensive set of Linux and Open Source-related professional
services. See www.sco.com/linux for more on SCO's Linux and Open Source
activity.

About LinuxMall.com

LinuxMall.com is the number one e-commerce destination site for the Linux
Industry and is one of the top 200 busiest sites on the Internet
today. Created in 1996 to respond to the needs created by the explosive
growth of the Linux Community, LinuxMall.com has been serving the Linux
Community ever since. LinuxMall.com is the primary Linux portal and
e-commerce site and is devoted to "all things" Linux.

LinuxMall.com was originally founded by WorkGroup Solution, Inc (WGS). WGS,
the creator of Linux Pro, has been in business since 1991 and distributed
"FlagShip" the first commercial product for Linux. WGS was founded by Mark
Bolzern who, in 1994, wrote the first essay on Linux to correctly predict
the scope of Linux's growth and its revolutionary effect on the computer
industry. For more information, visit LinuxMall.com at www.linuxmall.com/.

About Hambrecht & Quist

Hambrecht & Quist is a leading underwriter of public equity, and a leader
in merger and acquisition advisory and private equity services for growth
companies in the technology, healthcare, services and branded consumer
sectors.

H&Q has completed more than 380 equity offerings globally since 1995,
raising more than $27 billion for emerging growth companies. H&Q's
principal offices are in San Francisco, New York and Boston with additional
offices in Europe, Asia, Atlanta and southern California, and a strategic
partnership in Israel. Its Web site is http://www.hamquist.com.

About SCO 

SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX operating systems, and the
leading provider of network computing software that enables clients of all
kinds - including PCs, graphical terminals, and NCs - to have Webtop
access to business-critical applications running on servers of all
kinds. SCO designed Tarantella software, the world's first application
broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a
worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and
OEMs. For more information, see SCO's website at http://www.sco.com.

SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo and Tarantella are trademarks
or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the USA and
other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US
and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be
trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their
respective owners.