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Santa Cruz Operation*. It sounds like a warfare tactics thing, heh.

I was once told that the name was chosen to make it easier to cold call potential customers. Saying "Hi, this is Dave from the Santa Cruz Operation" was designed to fool people in to thinking that it was an internal call from another branch of the same organisation.

I have no idea if this is true, it's probably completely apocryphal, but it's a nice hack if it's true.

That was what I thought when I read the homepage. Sounds like a Pizza Hut branch.

You must have been a client, too. Brings back old memories.

Also, have a look at the Groklaw archives if you haven't: http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=2006121221...

IIRC, Groklaw was created specifically to archive/translate/simplify the SCO litigation, right?

Yep and it was a truly amazing and fascinating resource writing about a fascinating case.

Wrong SCO.

Caldera renamed themselves The SCO Group after acquiring the name and trademark from The Santa Cruz Operation in 2001.

Later, things went south and the new SCO(G) turned litigious. The original SCO was not responsible for the later shenanigans, and it was painful to see their name dragged through the mud.