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• Tuxedo is a proven, mature system spanning 24 years of continuous development and enhancement.

• In 1983, the Tuxedo system began as an applied, forward-looking work project within the Bell Laboratories division of AT&T. The target applications for the Tuxedo system were UNIX-based operations support systems within AT&T.

• In 1989, the Tuxedo system was transferred to the UNIX System Laboratories (USL) division of AT&T, and its client/server framework was offered as a commercial product.

In 1993, the Tuxedo system was transferred to Novell, Inc., when Novell acquired USL in 1993 .

• In 1996, BEA Systems, Inc., entered into an exclusive agreement with Novell to distribute and continue development of the Tuxedo system on a variety of computer platforms, including Windows and most UNIX systems .