Joe Dunning wrote:
> On 2004-09-02, Tony Lawrence <pcunix@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jon Wynacht wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've inheirited 3 SCO Servers and need to upgrade one to 5.0.6
from
> >> 5.0.5. The other two are at 5.0.6 and I want them all in line.
Some
> >> questions:
> >>
> >
> >> 3. Should I go to 5.0.7 instead for all the machines?
> > Yes, no question.
>
> I know we have agreed with each other a little recently, but here is
> where we differ. "no question" looks like an unqualified
recommendation
> and I would think that qualifications based on the possible outcomes
of
> the lawsuit, reduced staffing within SCO would make such a decision
at
> the very least subject to increased scrutiny.

Well, Joe, I was thinking of it as asked: 5.0.6 vs. 5.0.7

>
> As I have pointed out before, because of IBM's patent counter-claims
> against SCO, there is no guarantee of continued support for SCO's
> products. Who would want to buy the rights to products that have
> outstanding patent claims against them?

The person that owns the patents :-)

>
> The original poster did not say what the OpenServer machines actually

> do. Other considerations might be: do the machines run any
applications
> not available inder Linux or *BSD? If not, then why not consider a
> migration instead of an upgrade?

True enough. My assumption was that he needs to run SCO. If he
doesn't, he certainly should at least think about alternatives. But
whether or not he chooses SCO or something else, it is his choice, not
yours or mine. We've talked about all this before, and while I agree
that the possibility of a dead SCO needs to be factored in, even that
does not absolutely rule it out as a choice, especially if other
choices are difficult for whatever reasons.

--
Tony Lawrence