SCO plans investment into mobile application development

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SCO kicks off new investment program with "The EdgeClick Developer Challenge" emphasizing the creation of mobile applications

The SCO Group, Inc. a leading provider of UNIX Software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, announced a significant new worldwide investment program that rewards developers for creating innovative, new mobile applications for wireless handset devices using the company's new EdgeBuilder software developer kit (SDK).

To kickoff this new program SCO has developed "The EdgeClick Developer Challenge" where developers have the chance to win a grand prize of a new V10, 507 horsepower BMW M5 or $100,000 USD in cash. There will also be 10 additional winners that receive a significant cash prize.

SCO, Windows and Java developers are invited to attend SCO's 20th annual SCO Forum conference and participate in "The EdgeClick Developer Challenge" to create the next "killer application" or mobile service. SCO will further invest in developers who attend Forum with a $1,000 bonus after completing their EdgeBuilder SDK training that will take place during

SCO Forum. To receive this bonus, developers must register for Forum by July 15, as space is limited.

"During the last 25 years SCO has been committed to the UNIX platform and continues to reaffirm its commitment to that platform. Thousands of developers have created applications for the UNIX platform, and now we're inviting them along with Windows and Java developers to take those legacy applications and create new ones on our new EdgeClick platform," said president and CEO, The SCO Group Inc, Darl McBride.

"We have spent tremendous amounts of time and resources developing and upgrading our technology and have designed the developer investment program to make application mobilization quick, easy and profitable for developers, partners and customers." He added

The EdgeBuilder SDK provides developers with many technologies and tools for creating:
mobile device clients
application services that run on SCO's Edge Processor
administration web pages for m

obile applications
connection agents for reaching into corporate data sources

In addition to gaining valuable training and education using SCO's EdgeBuilder SDK, attendees of this year's SCO Forum will hear from leading industry luminaries, analysts and thought leaders about the growing mobile device market and the trends in developing mobile services and applications.

SCO Forum will take place August 6-9, 2006 at the Mirage Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas. This year's conference, sponsored by HP, MySQL, and many other partners, will also focus on the company's many UNIX-based solutions with SCO OpenServer and UnixWare. The conference is attended by hundreds of developers, resellers, industry hardware and software partners, system integrators, distributors, customers, and members of the media and analyst community.

Many breakout sessions and keynotes will focus on development platforms and web services for designing and implementing mobile services,

including service-oriented architectures (SOA), Java, and many others. These EdgeClick break out sessions will be particularly valuable to developers with previous experience using .NET, C#, J2ME, SOAP, XML, SOA, SMS and GPRS/EDGE technologies, protocols, and implementations.

"Developers are central to the success of any platform technology company and this developer challenge is an investment by SCO in the developer community and our research and development efforts," said chief technology officer and general manager for the platforms division, The SCO Group, Inc, Sandy Gupta.

"By tapping into the talents and abilities of developers around the world, SCO will create a marketplace and channel for the creation, selling and distribution of mobile services and applications. According to In-Stat, as the expected sales of wireless handsets increase each year to exceed more than 1.9 billion units in 2011, customers will embrace powerful new mobile solutions created by these d

evelopers. The tools and training obtained at SCO Forum 2006 with the EdgeBuilder SDK will empower developers to quickly create powerful mobile services and applications." He added.