“Maple Signal Processing announces the DAQStick line of embedded signal processing cards. The first model, DAQ6854 is a
compactlow power board based on the Motorola DragonBallVZ
microcontroller and high speed Texas Instruments TMS320C541xx
Digital Signal Processor. The DAQStick line runs the freely
available uClinux on the DragonBallVZ allowing for cross development
on any Linux platform. The C5416 is supported by TI’s Code Composer
line of development and debugging tools.” Full press release at All Linux Devices.

Here’s an announcement that’s sure to surprise no one: it’s going to take a while for 3G wireless services to arrive, especially in countries that haven’t embraced mobile data concepts. “Wireless is something that will come and will have universal appeal, but it’s not going to be easy,” said one industry analyst. Full story at Network World Fusion.

ZDNet reports: “Microsoft, for the first time, may be in a position to completely overturn the government’s antitrust victory, say legal experts.
That conclusion comes after two days of oral arguments, where questions from seven appeals judges left open the possibility that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) could win the whole case. Until the hearing, many legal experts had handicapped in favor of the government, but concluded Microsoft would punch some holes in the government’s victory. Now even that is uncertain.”

OREM, UT-February 28, 2001- Caldera Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD), a “Linux for Business” leader, today reported revenue of $1.1 million for the three months ended January 31, 2001, a 90 percent increase over revenue of $553,000 for the comparable three-month period of the previous fiscal year and a 10 percent decrease from revenue of $1.2 million for the prior quarter ended October 31, 2000. The Company reported a net loss for the three months ended January 31, 2001 of $9.8 million, or $0.25 per common share, compared with $15.5 million, or $0.63 per common share, for the same three-month period of the previous fiscal year and $6.9 million, or $0.18 per common share, for the three-month period ended October 31, 2000.

The net loss for the current quarter included a one-time cost sharing charge relating to the SCO acquisition of $602,000, whereas the comparable quarter for the prior fiscal year included a $10 million charge for dividends.

“Strategically we are moving to a more economic model of Business to Business, including corporate and OEM partnerships and strategic alliances,” said Ransom Love, president and CEO of Caldera Systems, Inc. “Corporate sales are growing and corporate and OEM sales have surpassed retail sales.”

First Quarter 2001 Company highlights include:

· Caldera Ships Caldera Volution – the First Comprehensive Linux Management Solution

· Caldera and SCO Expand Acquisition Agreement to Include SCO OpenServer Technology
· Caldera OpenLinux eServer Preloaded on Compaq-ProLiant Servers
· Caldera Sponsors Samba Client Library Development Conference Call

Caldera Systems will host a conference call at 5:00p.m. EST today, February 28, 2001 to discuss first quarter results. To participate in the teleconference, please call 1-800-289-0437, confirmation code 761543, approximately five minutes prior to the time stated above. A Webcast replay will be available approximately 4 hours following the end of the call.

Caldera Systems, Inc.

Caldera Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALD) is a “Linux for Business” technology leader in developing and marketing successful Linux-based business solutions, including its award-winning OpenLinux, NetWare for Linux, Linux technical training, certification and support-with free 30-day phone support and on-site consulting. Caldera OpenLearning Providers offer exceptional distribution-neutral Linux training and certification based on Linux Professional Institute (LPIÔ) certification standards. Caldera Systems supports the open source community and is a leader in, and advocate of Linux Standard Base (LSBa) and LPIO.

Caldera, Inc. was co-founded in 1994 by Ransom Love. Caldera Systems, Inc. was founded by Ransom Love in 1998 to develop Linux-based business solutions. Based in Orem, UT, Caldera Systems has offices and 1000+ resellers worldwide. For more information, see www.calderasystems.com or in the US call 888-GO-Linux (888-465-4689).

Caldera is a registered trademark of Caldera Systems, Inc. All other products, services, companies, events and publications are trademarks, registered trademarks or servicemarks of their respective owners in the U.S. and/or other countries.

LINUX is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

Forward Looking Statements

The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. We wishe to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the possibility that the acquisition of the SCO server and professional services businesses might not be consummated, which would affect the Company’s ability to transition to a business to business model as discussed above; the Company’s possible need to raise additional funds in order to carry out its business plan, especially in light of increased capital needs as a result of the proposed acquisition of the SCO server and professional services businesses; our reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; the Company’s ability to compete effectively with other companies; ; unenforceability of the GNU general public license; our reliance on third party developers of components of our software offerings; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in the Company’s distribution sales channel. These and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially, are also discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form S-4 and its annual report on Form 10-K.

From a press release at LinuxPR: “At the Intel Developers Forum, LynuxWorks, Inc., a provider of open source and true real-time embedded solutions for the post-PC era, today announced the availability of its BlueCat Linux for Intel’s new XScale microarchitecture, making LynuxWorks among the earliest providers of operating systems developed for XScale, Intel’s new processor core technology.”

Linux Orbit interviews Julian Missig of the Gabber instant messaging project.

Richard Stallman talks about the principles behind the Open Source movement and the creation of the GNU GPL. He also discusses Microsoft’s recent antics, saying the company “surely would like to have the benefit of our code without the responsibilities,” because “Microsoft is known generally for imitation rather than innovation.” Read the column at ZDNet.

From the American Bar Association: “Critics should have been more alert back
in 1998, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
which hears patent appeals, paved the way for Bezos’ suit with its
watershed decision, State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, 149 F.3d 1360. The ruling, which allowed patents
for long-verboten business methods, opened the floodgates to a deluge
of applications, mostly from Internet and software companies scampering
to get into the market.”

Linux-Mandrake has released version 8.0 beta 1 — named “Traktopel” — of its distribution. Included: Linux kernel 2.4.2, KDE 2.1, GNOME environment with the Nautilus file manager, and groupware suite Evolution. Remember, this is a beta release — your should expect that not every feature will work perfectly, and some may not function at all.

CNET News.com reports that Linux enterprise shipments increased by 24 percent last year, and that Windows shipments increased by 20 percent for the same time period. Revenues from Linux shipments, however, were significantly less than those from closed source companies.