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> Is SCO really dead? Reading some recent posts and people putting up
> licence codes etc I wonder is it the end of the road in terms of
> Unixware and openserver?

Personally I think all the gluem and doom is a bit much. As I see things.
The orignal filing was because IBM did not honor the contract. I think
the main emphisis should be on the contract. I think a lot of the stuff
after the orignal fileing is to hide or distract from the real issue. IBM
has always looked out for IBM. The FUD that IBD is pro open source is a
big smoke screen. From what I read/research IBM's donations are really
just for IBM not really for Open Source.. They do not want AIC 5L to be
hurt. IBM protects their revenue streams. Most court cases with IBM take
10-15 years to settle. Most of them IBM has lost. They win mostly
because they out last the people bringing the law suite. I think that in
the end IBM is going to loose because they violated a contract. SCO prior
to the law suite tried to get IBM to free up patents/code so it could be
put into Linux. I think a lost has been lost around who the real "Bad
Gut" is. I think the linux comunity is in for a big surprise in the end.
IBM will do to them what they have done to all others. SCO has the cost
contained to see the case to the end. So IBM will have to prove they did
not violate the contract which they did. So it is just a matter of time,
till the real conclusion hits.

> This group is the primary reason I stuck with Openserver in 2002.
> Forums in the linux world are 95% noise whereas it seems to be 5% noise
> here. To me thats a ig plus in getting things working is the quality
> of the user forums......

That is why I think SCO is not dead. To many businesses still depend on
it.

> We are coming up for another upgrade of hardware/software. What would
> people install now if they were a 5.0.6 user before - linux of some
> flavour i guess? Whats the problem with Openserver 6? Is it that
> people fear the parent company will wither and die? As far as I am
> concerned it looks like a reasonable improvement to 5.0.6 that I'm
> using now..... Cost is a factor but in the overall scheme is a drop in
> the ocean to our business compared to the cost of any instability or
> flaky application performance.

I think you have to look at the needs and choose the best solution for the
needs of your business or clients. I think eventually we will see the LKP
back in both UnixWare and OpenServer 6. When this happens SCO OS's or in
Fussion will be the best way to go. I think a lot of what has happened
since the original filing is/was a distraction to the real meat. So
choose what is best for your needs.


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Boyd Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>
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