Santa Cruz Operation Inc is currently evaluating both the Chorus Systemes SA and Mach microkernels. It is also talking to other potential partners with a view to re-architecting its kernel to coincide with Intel Corp’s P7. In the meantime, it is in the throes of creating a business unit for real-time and clustering offerings that will target retail, manufacturing and telecommunications. The new unit will inherit existing Santa Cruz technologies in these areas and will also host the long-promised alliance with Chorus, which is expected to spawn new microkernel-hosted offerings for these specific markets and it is expected to adopt the new OpenServer 5.0 release.
