SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 Review 399
JigSaw writes "Despite news about SCO being all about the lawsuit, they still sell OS products and they have a presence in the server market. UnixWare is one of these OS products. Tony Bourke reviewed its latest version, 7.1.3, and even includes benchmarks among other tests. Tony concludes that 'the lack of commercial applications and user community, the difficulty with open source applications, the SCO litigation, and the high price are all marks against UnixWare. There are just very few reasons to adopt UnixWare as your platform, and plenty of reasons to adopt (or migrate to) other platforms.'"
Unfortunate that the test system wasn't newer (Score:5, Interesting)
SCO ? who uses it? (Score:1, Interesting)
SVR4 based unix. (Score:4, Interesting)
As slashdot has reported a few days ago, Sun is giving x86 versions of Solaris away for free. Why bother with SCO when you can get Solaris with a much bigger set of applcations for free?
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Re:SVR4 based unix. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:SCO ? who uses it? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:SCO ? who uses it? (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:I am NOSTRADAMUS (Score:3, Interesting)
Their Unix, however, is not as good. FAS is based on it, and is the standard system for florists and gift basket type shops. I've had some recent experience with it, and it's not that fun to deal with. Okay, but not great. I'd prefer AIX any day. Or Linux, for that matter.
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Evan
Hmmm, a link to Microsoft? (Score:1, Interesting)
Win32 on a Unix machine?
less than that (Score:2, Interesting)
Noticed someone's comment yesterday pointing to this site: scocountdown.com [scocountdown.com]. Note that the deadline you're referring to is not the one at the top of the page.
timothy
Re:expensive crap (Score:1, Interesting)
Yes, you do get what you pay for, but if it's pointed in the wrong direction it'll be of no use to you. unixware is not for everyone.
As a comparison, using unixware for the jobs it's not intended for would be like buying a BMW for competing in a motocross circuit. a BMW is high quality, and you pay for it. But it's useless if you try applying it in the wrong areas.
As a UNIX developer... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:SCO ? who uses it? (Score:2, Interesting)
It could be worse... but not by much.
Interesting how much cheaper Solaris is (Score:5, Interesting)
It's interesting how the prices compare:
Enterprise Linux doesn't seem to offer an advantage unless you're using four or more processors. Solaris (and, Java Desktop, I assume) seems to be a better deal for regular workstations or servers... I imagine that only high-end servers and "mainframes" seem to benefit from the price. No wonder Red Hat doesn't see a future for desktop Linux... they're prices are too expensive!
Linked.... (Score:3, Interesting)
In other legal action, IBM on Wednesday subpoenaed Sun Microsystems; which recently expanded its Unix license with SCO Group and has a warrant to purchase shares in the company; Schwartz Communications; a public relations firm that represents SCO; and defense contractor Northrop Grumman. IBM spokeswoman Guarino couldn't immediately describe the purpose of the subpoenas.
I wonder why IBM subpoenaed Northrop Grumman? SCO says Grumman didn't buy any shares (although I don't believe that farther than I can kick it)...
Re:I have an idea. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:SCO ? who uses it? (Score:2, Interesting)
But Siemens needs the client machines to run IE 6.1...
Re:A prediction... (Score:5, Interesting)
http://www.linux-pos.org/
And kill what's left of SCO's market.
WebMD (Score:4, Interesting)
So yes, lots of people still use SCO... in fact, odds are your family doctor does.
Re:A prediction...cash register company....!!! (Score:1, Interesting)
remembers them now? They were a union busting
monster in the 1960's and 70's; a hire 'em
fire 'em conglomerate that ate companies on one
end and spit out all the high insurance 'risks'
on the other. That being all people over 40
and most women. They finally got what they
deserved. Somebody bought them out and
liquidated them.
SCO's Ripped-off code from Linux? (Score:2, Interesting)
Another instance (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:SCO ? who uses it? (Score:3, Interesting)
Backbone was on fiberoptics. High-end Dell servers, expensive Cisco routers, rackmount cabinets, intellectual switches, et cetera, et cetera. Lots of very, very expensive and really, really useless (for them) stuff stuff.
And there was also SCO's "OS", for something about 20000$ - big and heavy box full of manuals and a couple of CDs. I can remember only their "tree" logo and a bunch of crappy GUI tools for "easy system configuration".
After spending about two days trying to get things to be at least looking good on SCO, I ended up nuking it and installing Linux (Redhat 6 or 7, dont' remember). And got it up and running in several hours. Also there were Cisco's, but it was really easy to set them up compared to SCO.
That network was between four buildings and contained around 50 workstations (classes only, no student quarters). It was more than enough to build backbone on thick coax and install simple hubs to endpoints. Ah, the Net connection there was 'uber-fast' for Belorussia - noisy 64K link to another town, which equals about 20K of 'real' speed.
The irony is that it all happened in Belorussia - small contry between Russia and Poland. And Belorussia was never technically advanced country, and probably never be. Well, 32K links are considered to be 'uber-fast' even now in Belorussia. (Usual salary in Belorussia is now below 100$ per month)
So, we have example of Soros Fund's money-washing using SCO OS.
Re:I am NOSTRADAMUS (Score:5, Interesting)
Pretty lame if you ask me. The FAQ suggests being funny if ya can. Everybody appreciates it when you succeed. Truth be told, we're not all experts in every topic that comes around on Slashdot, so why not reward us for the effort?
Yep, this is off-topic, and I won't whine if it's modded that way. But I do hope that the upper staff at Slashdot will reconsider this rule. I [slashdot.org] do [slashdot.org] put [slashdot.org] effort [slashdot.org] into [slashdot.org] my [slashdot.org] +5 Funny [slashdot.org] comments [slashdot.org].
Re:Unfortunate that the test system wasn't newer (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Spun Where? (Score:3, Interesting)
An AC, posted "Uh, Solaris?" as a reply and since I don't have any mod points, I'd like to make that point visible.
AFAIK Solaris x86 has been stable for quite some time, is a "real" unix and even is free for personal use. This is great becuase people can get familiar with SunOS at home, rather than needing employment to list Solaris experience.
I'm young, but in the few shops I've worked in the only unix considerations we've ever given creedance to are Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX (listed here in order of my personal preference). Even before the current SCO crazyness, why trust your UNIX's development to a few millions of dollars business when you have multi-billion dollar businesses in IBM, Sun, and HP? In terms of features,scalibility, community, and support there is no comparison between the "big three" and SCO unix.