Unix System Laboratories Inc says it is now in the final round of clearing bugs from its Destiny desktop Unix operating system, which will shortly be released to its Univel Inc joint venture with Novell Inc. Univel is to shrink-wrap the desktop Unix contender and integrate it with Novell’s NetWare networking technology. It will be sold through existing Unix Labs and Novell distribution channels. Sources say that UnixWare is a possible name for Destiny when it is turned into a product that Unix Labs says will be competitively priced with, for example, Santa Cruz Operation Inc’s desktop Unix implementation. Destiny comes complete with the usual graphical desktop utilities, although its watebasket is vogueishly dubbed a re-cycling basket. ICL Plc for one, expects to have Destiny on its systems soon.
