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Gupta to Focus Development Efforts on Core UNIX Technologies as well as Expanding New Mobile Platform Initiatives, Providing Customers with Expanded IT Capabilities LINDON, Utah, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (NASDAQ:SCOX), a leading provider of UNIX(R) software technology and mobile services, today announced that it has promoted Sandy Gupta to President of SCO Operations Inc., effective immediately. Mr. Gupta will continue to report to Darl McBride, President and CEO of The SCO Group. "With Sandy's extensive UNIX technical background and vision for our SCO Mobile products, he will be able to laser-focus on product deliverables and customer needs," said Mr. McBride. "We have a number of key technologies coming out in the next couple of quarters that will drive value for our customers; Sandy's focus will be a win-win for them. Those expanding their IT infrastructure into the mobile space will see a solid solution in SCO Mobile Server, with its UNIX technology backbone. Customers simply needing updated core SCO UNIX technology will have greater capabilities as well as future mobile plug and play functionality." The SCO Group entered the high-growth mobile market several years ago and according to IDC's 2007 Worldwide Mobile Middleware Forecast* it has recently moved into the leadership quadrant with other mobile technology leaders. Most recently, Sandy Gupta was Chief Technology Officer and General Manager for The SCO Group. Prior to that, he held a number of senior positions, including VP of SCO Engineering and Senior Director of UNIX Engineering while working for the SCO Murray Hill office in New Jersey. Gupta joined SCO in 1996 with the ISV engineering group. During this time, Gupta worked with strategic ISV partners -- including Progress, Oracle, Computer Associates and others -- on their ports to SCO UNIX platforms. Gupta then moved to the SCO UK escalations group and led the 24x7 enterprise escalations engineering team. He also led the SCO eCommerce and Web Services initiative in 2003. Before joining SCO, Gupta worked for Fujitsu ICL in the United Kingdom. During this engagement, Gupta contributed tremendous effort to the core kernel team at ICL that oversaw the reference port and device driver development of UNIX System V on the SPARC platform. Prior to this experience, Gupta started his career as an intern scientist at Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO). "After having worked at SCO for over a decade, I am thrilled to better serve our customers and partners in this new capacity," said Sandy Gupta, President of SCO Operations, Inc. "As our primary focus, we will strengthen and expand our UNIX product offerings to our partners and reinvigorate our channels in doing so. The SCO UNIX partner and customer ecosystem has also represented a great channel to launch SCO Mobile products and services complementary to the core UNIX products." About SCO The SCO Group (NASDAQ:SCOX) is a leading provider of UNIX software technology and mobile services. SCO offers UnixWare for enterprise applications and SCO OpenServer for small to medium businesses. SCO's highly innovative and reliable solutions help customers grow their businesses everyday, especially into the emerging mobile market. 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. The Me Inc., product line focuses on creating mobile platforms, services and solutions for businesses and enhances the productivity of mobile workers. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of thousands of resellers and developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com/. SCO and the associated logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Forward Looking Statements The statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements and are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties. We wish to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to outcome and development of our Chapter 11 case, court rulings in our bankruptcy proceedings, the impact of the bankruptcy proceedings or other pending litigation, our cash balances and available cash, continued competitive pressure on the Company's operating system products, which could impact the Company's results of operations, adverse developments in and increased or unforeseen legal costs related to the Company's litigation, the inability to devote sufficient resources to the development and marketing of the Company's products, including the UNIX and mobile services and development platform, and the possibility that companies with whom the Company has formed partnerships will decide to terminate their relationship to the company, or reduce customers and resources devoted to, their partnership with the Company. These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated are discussed in more detail in the Company's periodic and current filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2007, and future filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date. * Source: IDC Market Analysis August 2007 Worldwide Mobile Middleware 2007-2011 Forecast DATASOURCE: The SCO Group, Inc. CONTACT: Deborah Gillman of The SCO Group, +1-801-932-5302, Web site: http://www.sco.com/

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