Noted Wireless and Service Oriented Architechure Analysts to Address SCO Forum 2006 Atendees

July 10 2006

The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX), a leading provider of UNIX(R) software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, today announced that Bill Hughes, principal analyst for wireless devices for In-Stat, a high-tech market research firm, will deliver a keynote addresses during SCO Forum's opening session. Ronald Schmelzer, founder and senior analyst for ZapThink, an IT advisory and analysis firm for XML, web services and service orientation, will also provide training and instruction around Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and the mobile and wireless market during two special sessions at SCO Forum 2006. In addition, SCO has created a special tribute to Doug Michels, the "Father of Forum," where he will be awarded the "UNIX Lifetime Achievement" award for his leadership and accomplishments with UNIX on Intel.

"With an increasing number of companies mobilizing their applications, it is important that our customers and partners know how mobility, SOA and SCO fit into their business," said Darl McBride, president and CEO, The SCO Group. "We are pleased to have Mr. Hughes and Mr. Schmelzer keynote at our conference as they are both experts in their respective fields and can give helpful insight into these growing markets. We are also honored to have Doug Michels join us at this year's SCO Forum. As the "Father of Forum," he was instrumental in making UNIX widely adopted and successful on the Intel platform with SCO's UNIX technology."

SCO Forum attendees will have the opportunity to hear from Hughes on the increasing expansion of the mobile and wireless market and why I.T. professionals and companies need to develop wireless and mobile aspects of their business. Hughes is an experienced marketing strategy executive with more than two decades of experience in sales, strategic marketing, and business development roles at several leading corporations including, IBM, General Electric, Motorola, and US WEST Cellular. He has also been a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern where he taught business marketing.

Schmelzer will provide business and technical breakout sessions on how to effectively use SOA and how this ties to SCO's new EdgeClick mobile development platform. Developers with experience using .NET, C#, J2ME, SOAP, XML, SOA, SMS and GPRS/EDGE technologies will find Schmelzer's keynote address and breakout session particularly valuable. Schmelzer is a well-known expert on SOA, Web Services, and XML-based standards. Also, as one of the foremost experts in this space, Schmelzer has authored several books including XML and Web Services Unleashed and Service-Orient or Be Doomed.

SCO's special tribute to Doug Michels will be during Tuesday morning's general session. Michels was the co-founder of the Santa Cruz Operation, originally established as a UNIX porting and consulting company. While heading the Santa Cruz Operation he established SCO Forum, one of the longest running I.T. industry conferences.

SCO Forum 2006

SCO Forum is the premier UNIX and application mobility conference that brings together industry-leading vendors, practitioners, and customers to help each plan for and guide their business: UNIX platform management and mobilizing applications. As part of SCO Forum, keynotes and training will focus on development platforms and web services for designing and implementing mobile services, including service-oriented architectures (SOA), Java, and many others.

Additionally, SCO Forum attendees will learn how to get the most out of their SCO UNIX relationship and gain insight into the value of upgrading applications to the new OpenServer 6 platform. There will also be technical sessions on how to easily and cost-effectively mobilize existing applications to help customers take advantage of the burgeoning mobile market with EdgeClick, including hands-on training with the EdgeBuilder SDK. Attendees will also find out more about SCO business strategies, product roadmaps, SOA, attend birds-of-a feather sessions, and hear from industry luminaries to help businesses effectively make money and cost-effectively offer alternatives for customers that are more reliable and easier to maintain.

For more information, or to register for SCO Forum, please visit: https://vrs.verite.com/sco/index.cfm?action=register&event_id=237&lcode=enu

To participate in SCO's EdgeClick Developer Challenge for a chance to win $100,000 or a BMW M5 and other cash incentives, or receive $1,000 in cash for qualified developers attending SCO Forum, resellers and developers should register at: http://www.edgeclickpark.com/challenge/.

About SCO

The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX) is a leading provider of UNIX software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, offering SCO OpenServer for small to medium business, UnixWare for enterprise applications, and Me Inc. and EdgeClick for mobile services. SCO's highly innovative and reliable solutions help millions of customers grow their businesses everyday, from SCO OpenServer on main street to UnixWare on Wall Street, and beyond. SCO owns the core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell Labs and is the exclusive licensor to Unix-based system software providers.

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