SCO VS. FREE

thebeta3 · 07-22-2003, 02:47 AM

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A mediocre size business has a couple of issues. They have a dual pentium 2 machine with raid that their current version of SCO doesn't support. they would have to upgrade to the latest version of SCO which could cost numerous amounts of money. On the other hand they have a choice of linux, which is free, more widely supported, and can run a lot more software than SCO at faster speeds. They have mental issues deciding if its worth risk to switch.

NOW WHATS YOUR ISSUE?
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thebeta3 · 07-22-2003, 02:55 AM

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ok here is my personal opinion. I think linux is the way to go. If these guys can handle SCO, they can more than likely handle linux.
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Dr. Avery · 07-25-2003, 09:48 PM

what the heck is SCO?

**greffov** · 07-26-2003, 05:30 AM

Read the front news Doc, you could have known ;-)

igalan · 07-28-2003, 06:05 AM

SCO is using any means to get some money; nothing more. Their claims have not been proved (not yet, even they say 500 ppl that signed NDAs saw proves, that still says nothing to the rest of the world.) Their threats are based on allegations not yet proved. There is nothing, zero, empty, null. How can they sell licenses for Linux? Pay or we may sue you based on nothing, whoa, this is ludicrous... BTW, SCO released a Linux version (under GPL) that is still available on their ftp with source code (read latest IBM allegations.)

In the very unlikely case that they can prove that code has been illegally copied into Linux 2.4 and 2.5, it's just a matter of time until this code is rewritten and released as Linux 2.6. In any case SCO looses.

Kungfucious · 11-01-2003, 01:18 PM

btw.. what does SCO stand for and what do they do??

07-22-2003, 02:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
thebeta3 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4	SCO VS. FREE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A mediocre size business has a couple of issues. They have a dual pentium 2 machine with raid that their current version of SCO doesn't support. they would have to upgrade to the latest version of SCO which could cost numerous amounts of money. On the other hand they have a choice of linux, which is free, more widely supported, and can run a lot more software than SCO at faster speeds. They have mental issues deciding if its worth risk to switch. NOW WHATS YOUR ISSUE? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/HN8fat0UyfWoyfMRAt3kAJ4wP/KToj/6DV0/1Yt9YfAOiBnaKwCdGS+j HcNTShJrVLJGYXaojLp98ig= =G9oR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Last edited by thebeta3; 07-22-2003 at 03:05 AM.

07-22-2003, 02:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
thebeta3 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4	-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ok here is my personal opinion. I think linux is the way to go. If these guys can handle SCO, they can more than likely handle linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/HOArat0UyfWoyfMRAjgBAJsG35u3fWooGEvBHd9QVkvj4jkCLA CeIQ3/ IohTRjQvgFJwcMKWe/nj//0= =JzvJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Last edited by thebeta3; 07-22-2003 at 03:09 AM.

07-25-2003, 09:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dr. Avery Tech Weasel Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Fortress of Awesometude Posts: 1,145	what the heck is SCO? __________________ 01010001 01110101 01100001 01100011 01101011: Fowl Syntax.

07-26-2003, 05:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	Read the front news Doc, you could have known ;-) __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

11-01-2003, 01:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kungfucious mediatechie.com Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 809	btw.. what does SCO stand for and what do they do?? __________________ http://mediatechie.com Leave me a message in my shoutbox! ... would appreciate the feedback! thanks people!

07-28-2003, 06:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
igalan PCTT Articles Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 1,018	SCO is using any means to get some money; nothing more. Their claims have not been proved (not yet, even they say 500 ppl that signed NDAs saw proves, that still says nothing to the rest of the world.) Their threats are based on allegations not yet proved. There is nothing, zero, empty, null. How can they sell licenses for Linux? Pay or we may sue you based on nothing, whoa, this is ludicrous... BTW, SCO released a Linux version (under GPL) that is still available on their ftp with source code (read latest IBM allegations.) In the very unlikely case that they can prove that code has been illegally copied into Linux 2.4 and 2.5, it's just a matter of time until this code is rewritten and released as Linux 2.6. In any case SCO looses.

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