Private company

Caldera International

American software company

Caldera International, Inc., earlier Caldera Systems, was an American software company that existed from 1998 to 2002 and developed and sold Linux- and Unix-based operating system products. Caldera Systems was created in August 1998 as a spinoff of Caldera, Inc., with Ransom Love as its CEO.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Caldera Systems offices in Orem Utah January 2001
Photo: Jonathan Schilling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Caldera International, Inc., earlier Caldera Systems, was an American software company that existed from 1998 to 2002 and developed and sold Linux- and Unix-based operating system products. Caldera Systems was created in August 1998 as a spinoff of Caldera, Inc., with Ransom Love as its CEO. It focused on selling Caldera OpenLinux, a high-end Linux distribution aimed at business customers that included features it developed, such as an easy-to-use, graphical installer and graphical and web-based system administration tools, as well as features from bundled proprietary software.2

Products and brands

  • Caldera OpenLinux

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