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.
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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
Listed on Wikidata.1
Links
- WikipediaCaldera International
- WikidataQ85750083
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- 2WikipediaCaldera International on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsCaldera International photo by Jonathan Schilling, CC BY-SA 4.0