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CALDERA vs. MICROSOFT ANTITRUST LAWSUIT TO REMAIN IN
UTAH FEDERAL COURT


Microsoft Denied Change of Venue

Provo, UT—November 19, 1997 —Caldera Inc. today announced that its antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft will remain in Utah. In a hearing yesterday before the U.S. District Court of Utah in Salt Lake City, Magistrate Ronald Boyce heard arguments by Microsoft on a motion to transfer venue to U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington. Judge Boyce ruled from the bench and denied the motion. "We feel that today's action by Judge Boyce will establish a more level playing field in Caldera's pursuit of this matter," said Bryan Sparks, President and CEO of Caldera Inc. Details on Caldera' antitrust suit filed July 23, 1996, against Microsoft may be found at "Complaint". Caldera Inc. designs, develops and markets a line of full-featured, economical system software for the Internet providing stable, high-quality alternatives to Windows® NT, Sun® Solaris and SCO® UNIX.® Caldera uses its own technological and marketing resources to leverage technologies‹including the Linux operating system‹created by independent developers worldwide. Visit the Caldera web site at http://www.caldera.com/. Caldera, Inc. designs, develops and markets a line of full-featured, economical system software for the Internet providing stable, high-quality alternatives to Windows® NT, Sun® Solaris and SCO® UNIX.® Caldera uses its own technological and marketing resources to leverage technologies including the Linux operating system created by independent developers worldwide. Visit the Caldera web site at http://www.caldera.com/.

Caldera is a registered trademark; and Caldera OpenLinux, Caldera Network Desktop, Caldera Solutions CD and Caldera OpenDOS are trademarks of Caldera Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark, in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/OPEN Company Limited.


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