<s>
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
by	O
Univel	O
,	O
a	O
jointly	O
owned	O
venture	O
of	O
T	O
's	O
Unix	B-Application
System	I-Application
Laboratories	O
(	O
USL	O
)	O
and	O
Novell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
is	O
typically	O
deployed	O
as	O
a	O
server	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
a	O
desktop	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Binary	O
distributions	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
are	O
available	O
for	O
x86	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
is	O
primarily	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
server	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
SVR4	O
effort	O
to	O
merge	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
System	B-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
,	O
T	O
's	O
Unix	B-Application
System	I-Application
Laboratories	O
(	O
USL	O
)	O
formed	O
the	O
Univel	O
partnership	O
with	O
Novell	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
desktop	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
for	O
i386	B-General_Concept
and	O
i486	B-General_Concept
machines	O
,	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Destiny	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destiny	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Unix	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
release	O
4.2	O
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MoOLIT	B-Device
toolkit	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
choose	O
between	O
an	O
OPEN	B-Operating_System
LOOK	I-Operating_System
or	O
MOTIF-like	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
at	O
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
system	O
more	O
robust	O
on	O
commodity	O
desktop	B-Device
hardware	O
,	O
the	O
Veritas	O
VXFS	B-Application
journaling	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
the	O
UFS	B-Operating_System
file	O
system	O
used	O
in	O
SVR4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Networking	O
support	O
in	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
includes	O
both	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
and	O
interoperability	O
with	O
Novell	O
's	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
protocols	O
(	O
IPX/SPX	B-Protocol
)	O
;	O
the	O
former	O
were	O
the	O
standard	O
among	O
Unix	B-Application
users	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
while	O
PC	O
networking	O
was	O
much	O
more	O
commonly	O
based	O
on	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destiny	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
as	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
1.0	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
unifying	O
the	O
fragmented	O
PC	O
Unix	B-Application
market	O
behind	O
this	O
single	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
earlier	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
corporate	O
computing	O
market	O
than	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
but	O
observers	O
of	O
the	O
period	O
remarked	O
that	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
was	O
"	O
just	O
another	O
flavor	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
"	O
,	O
Novell	O
's	O
involvement	O
being	O
more	O
a	O
marketing	O
ploy	O
than	O
a	O
significant	O
influx	O
of	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
two	O
editions	O
of	O
Destiny	O
:	O
a	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
Novell	O
IPX	B-Protocol
networking	O
but	O
not	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
an	O
Advanced	O
Server	B-Application
Edition	O
with	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
and	O
other	O
server	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
personal	O
edition	O
is	O
limited	O
to	O
two	O
active	O
users	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
server	B-Application
edition	O
includes	O
an	O
unlimited	O
user	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
35,000	O
copies	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
1.0	O
were	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
1.0	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
came	O
with	O
DOS	B-Device
Merge	O
3.0	O
and	O
Novell	O
's	O
DR	O
DOS	B-Device
6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Novell	O
purchased	O
USL	O
from	O
AT&T	O
and	O
merged	O
USL	O
and	O
Univel	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
Unix	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
Novell	O
released	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
1.1	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
in	O
both	O
the	O
personal	O
and	O
advanced	O
server	B-Application
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MOTIF	B-Application
1.2	O
runtime	O
libraries	O
are	O
included	O
for	O
COSE	B-Operating_System
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NUC	O
(	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
Unix	B-Application
Client	O
)	O
software	O
is	O
included	O
for	O
integration	O
with	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Advanced	O
Merge	O
application	O
is	O
installed	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
server	B-Application
and	O
personal	O
editions	O
to	O
allow	O
running	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Unix	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
release	O
4.2MP	O
kernel	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
multiprocessing	B-Operating_System
,	O
began	O
shipping	O
to	O
OEMs	O
and	O
developers	O
in	O
December	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
consumer	O
market	O
in	O
March	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
personal	O
and	O
server	B-Application
editions	O
support	O
two	O
processor	O
systems	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
buying	O
extra	O
Processor	O
Upgrade	O
licenses	O
for	O
the	O
server	B-Application
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
multiprocessor	B-Operating_System
systems	O
include	O
standard	O
Intel	O
MP	O
1.1	O
SMP	B-Operating_System
machines	O
and	O
Corollary	O
C-bus	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
supports	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
ODI	B-General_Concept
network	O
drivers	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
supported	O
network	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
new	O
features	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
include	O
a	O
POSIX	B-Operating_System
Threads	I-Operating_System
library	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
older	O
UI	O
threads	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
SCO	O
licensed	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
in	O
1995	O
,	O
Novell	O
had	O
also	O
announced	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
"	O
SuperNOS	B-Operating_System
"	O
based	O
on	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
4.1	O
and	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
technologies	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
a	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
4.10	O
server	B-Application
on	O
Linux	O
was	O
offered	O
as	O
Caldera	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
for	O
Linux	O
for	O
OpenLinux	B-Operating_System
since	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
Novell	O
's	O
Open	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
Server	I-Application
finally	O
came	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
the	O
Santa	O
Cruz	O
Operation	O
(	O
SCO	O
)	O
acquired	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
from	O
Novell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exact	O
terms	O
of	O
this	O
transaction	O
were	O
disputed	O
(	O
see	O
SCO	O
vs	O
Novell	O
)	O
;	O
courts	O
have	O
subsequently	O
determined	O
that	O
Novell	O
retained	O
the	O
ownership	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
transfer	O
was	O
made	O
public	O
SCO	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
work	O
towards	O
merging	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
with	O
its	O
OpenServer	B-Operating_System
SVR3.2	O
based	O
OS	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
from	O
SCO	O
was	O
version	O
2.1	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.1	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
proposed	O
UnixWare/OpenServer	O
merger	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
project	O
Gemini	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
a	O
64-bit	O
version	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
was	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
for	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
controversial	O
change	O
was	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
an	O
OpenServer-like	O
user	O
licensing	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Univel	O
and	O
Novell	O
releases	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
allow	O
2	O
users	O
on	O
the	O
personal	O
edition	O
or	O
unlimited	O
numbers	O
of	O
users	O
on	O
the	O
server	B-Application
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.1	O
the	O
server	B-Application
edition	O
includes	O
a	O
license	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
5	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SCO	O
released	O
three	O
updates	O
to	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.1.1	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
achieved	O
Unix	B-Application
95	O
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.1.2	O
and	O
2.1.3	O
,	O
available	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
are	O
largely	O
bug	O
fix	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
Compaq	O
released	O
a	O
package	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Integrity	O
XC	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
single-system	B-Operating_System
image	I-Operating_System
cluster	B-Architecture
of	O
Proliant	B-Device
servers	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.1	O
,	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
NonStop	I-Operating_System
Clusters	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
Gemini	O
project	O
were	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
early	O
1998	O
as	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SCO	O
named	O
the	O
kernel	O
version	O
Unix	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
release	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
is	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
2.1	O
,	O
with	O
features	O
for	O
driver	O
compatibility	O
with	O
OpenServer	B-Operating_System
,	O
allowing	O
use	O
of	O
OpenServer	B-Operating_System
network	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	O
administration	O
utilities	O
from	O
OpenServer	B-Operating_System
,	O
scoadmin	O
,	O
replace	O
the	O
original	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
sysadm	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
new	O
features	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
7	O
include	O
multi-path	O
I/O	O
,	O
large	O
files	O
and	O
file	O
systems	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
large	O
memory	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
7	O
lacks	O
the	O
Xenix	B-Application
compatibility	O
features	O
of	O
both	O
its	O
ancestors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
SCO	O
released	O
the	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
7.1	O
update	O
which	O
increased	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
editions	O
;	O
the	O
Business	O
(	O
5-user	O
)	O
,	O
Department	O
(	O
25	O
user	O
)	O
and	O
Enterprise	O
(	O
50	O
user	O
)	O
editions	O
replace	O
the	O
earlier	O
personal	O
and	O
server	B-Application
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
SCO	O
released	O
the	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
7.1.1	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simultaneously	O
the	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
NonStop	I-Operating_System
Clusters	I-Operating_System
7.1.1	O
+IP	O
single-system	B-Operating_System
image	I-Operating_System
cluster	B-Architecture
package	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
package	O
allows	O
commodity	B-Device
hardware	I-Device
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
Compaq	O
hardware	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
earlier	O
Integrity	O
XC	O
product	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
directly	O
available	O
from	O
SCO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
August	O
2000	O
,	O
Santa	O
Cruz	O
Operation	O
(	O
SCO	O
)	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
sell	O
its	O
Server	B-Application
Software	I-Application
and	O
Services	O
Divisions	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
OpenServer	B-Operating_System
and	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
products	O
,	O
to	O
Caldera	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caldera	O
International	O
's	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
was	O
renamed	O
OpenUNIX	B-Operating_System
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
is	O
what	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
7.1.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
the	O
newly	O
renamed	O
The	O
SCO	O
Group	O
reverted	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
brand	O
and	O
version	O
release	O
numbering	O
,	O
releasing	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
7.1.3	O
and	O
7.1.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
further	O
OpenUNIX	B-Operating_System
releases	O
were	O
made	O
available	O
and	O
OpenUNIX	B-Operating_System
8.1.2	O
(	O
OU812	O
)	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SCO	O
Group	O
continued	O
to	O
maintain	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
and	O
issues	O
periodic	O
maintenance	O
updates	O
and	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rights	O
to	O
Unixware	B-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
OpenServer	B-Operating_System
,	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
UnXis	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
UnXis	O
was	O
renamed	O
as	O
Xinuos	O
and	O
announced	O
product	O
and	O
availability	O
for	O
SCO	B-Operating_System
UnixWare	I-Operating_System
7.1.4	O
+	O
,	O
now	O
supporting	O
both	O
physical	O
and	O
virtual	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
have	O
included	O
significant	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
components	O
including	O
BIND/X11/Sendmail/DHCP/Perl/Tcl	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
releases	O
are	O
bundled	O
with	O
numerous	O
additional	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
applications	O
including	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
Samba	B-Language
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
OpenSSH	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
SCO	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
distributions	O
including	O
UnixWare	B-Operating_System
also	O
have	O
an	O
extensive	O
set	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
packages	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
download	O
via	O
the	O
SCO	B-Device
Skunkware	I-Device
site	O
.	O
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