FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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/.
PRESS CONTACT: Caldera, Inc.
Lyle Ball
Tel: (801) 426-5001x305
Fax: (801) 426-6166
Caldera News
CALDERA vs. MICROSOFT ANTITRUST LAWSUIT TO REMAIN IN
UTAH FEDERAL COURT
Microsoft Denied Change of Venue
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through X/OPEN Company Limited.