On Mar 6, 1:04 am, "Martin Rubenstein" <ma...@sbohp.com> wrote:
> I have a medical practice with all of our billing, appointments, etc.
> running on a proprietary software called Script Systems by Mysis. The
> server is a 4 year old IBM eServer with OS 5.07 as OS.. I am concerned
> about the need to replace the server before a hardware failure creates a
> crisis, as I figure most hardware is good for about 5 years and we are near
> that. Mysis would prefer (naturally) that I migrate to a different software
> they offer that is GUI instead of character based, although they still
> support our product. The OS on our server is OS 5.07. How realistic is it
> that I stick to our prior method of buying an Intel based server and load OS
> 5.07 and our data myself, and have Mysis still do software support for their
> product (but not hardware or OS) given Sco's financial problems. Our
> vender's solution is considerably more expensive, but has the advantaage
> that they will support the new hardware and software. All thoughts
> appreciated.
>
> Marty Rubenstein, MD

At least one major server vendor, HP, still sells new servers that can
run SCO OpenServer 5.0.7, and are certified for that OS. I am not sure
about other vendors, since all Intel/AMD based servers I've dealt with
recently were HP. For example, task of installing 5.0.7 on ProLiant
DL380 G5 is doable, from my recent personal experience. I had to use
external USB optical drive and floppy (broader described in another
thread in this news group).

The other option is to use virtualization like VMWare Server or
Workstation on some Linux or Windows. That is also doable. You should
just check if it is supported by your vendor(s). I am not sure if
OpenServer is supported on VMWare officially.

Darko Krstic