Novell KK completed the hand-over of its Unix business, including UnixWare 1.01J, 1.1J and 2J to Nippon Santa Cruz Operation KK, as of February 1. UnixWare support was handed over to Santa Cruz on February 19. Nippon Santa Cruz KK is a new 100% subsidiary of Santa Cruz Operation Inc, currently completely separate from Santa Cruz KK, in which trading company Tomen Corp has an investment as part of its investment in IXI Ltd. The 11 executive and marketing staff of Novell concerned with UnixWare, former Unix System Labs Pacific people, including Jiro Monden, the new president, and Ms Endo, the flack, have all moved to Santa Cruz. Novell Japan is a joint venture in Japan, 60% owned by Novell Inc, 20% by Softbank Corp with 20% split among major Japanese vendors including Fujitsu Ltd, Hitachi Ltd, Toshiba Corp and Sony Corp.
