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Uniform Device Driver Specification Released for Public Review

Project UDI Releases the UDI 0.90 Specification for Public Review

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--Project UDI today announced the release of the UDI 0.90 Specification for broad public review.

The UDI (Uniform Driver Interface) specification allows device drivers to be run across multiple computing platforms and operating systems without modification. UDI supports today's key I/O technologies and is designed with an extensible architecture that can easily accommodate new I/O technologies and products in the future.

With the publication of version 0.90, the UDI Specification is functionally complete for storage and networking adapters and is ready for broad public review prior to publication of the 1.0 specification. The two-month review period extends from March 31, 1999 through May 31, 1999. The UDI 0.90 Specification is available in PDF format from http://www.sco.com/UDI/specs.html and review comments on the specification may be submitted to the same location.

Project UDI is a multi-company open development group dedicated to developing standardized device driver interfaces for the computer I/O technologies of today and tomorrow. More information on Project UDI may be found at: http://www.sco.com/UDI or by contacting one of the member companies listed below.

More information: http://www.sco.com/udi/pr/19990224.html


Contact:
     Adaptec (Nasdaq:ADPT - news)
     Eric Brown, 408/957-1758
     or
     Compaq (NYSE:CPQ - news)
     Dick Calandrella, 508/467-2261
     or
     Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP - news)
     Graham Smith, 408/447-2097
     or
     IBM (NYSE:IBM - news)
     Jennifer Kinsmann, 914/766-3369
     or
     Intel (Nasdaq:INTC - news)
     Jane Rauckhorst, 408/765-7026
     or
     Interphase Corp. (Nasdaq:INPH - news)
     Michael Eckley, 214/654-5325
     or
     SCO (Nasdaq:SCOC - news)
     Brian Ziel, 831/427-7252
     or
     Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW - news)
     Nam LaMore, 650/786-4737