[CLUE-Talk] Razzing SCO

[Dennis J Perkins]

> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:50:37 -0700
> Jeffery Cann <fabian at jefferycann.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Monday 10 March 2003 08:02 pm, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> > > Since we'll have IBM there ...
> > >
> > > Anybody got any "SCO Sucks" T-shirts?
> > 
> > No, but since I worked in a 'SCO Shop' for 16 months in 1997, I can
> > attest, personally to the fact that, yes, SCO DOES SUCK.  It's ironic
> > that their last gasp is legal, since technically they have been inferior
> > for so long.
> 
> I find no irony there at all. They might find a way to live on with
> license fees as their main revenue source -- presumably they are already
> being paid in that regard.
> 
> jed
> -- 
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> didn't weigh more than I do. -- Jason Earl
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I agree.  SCO Unix isn't great.  At least it is very stable. We use it where I 
work and the maintenance contract is coming up for renewal.  Since we did not 
need their help during the last year and we are phasing out our Unix-based 
product, I will probably recommend against renewal.

They do get some licensing fees from others for parts of the Unix code, 
including IBM.  They have threatened to pull IBM's right to some code inside 
AIX.  I think they have probably succeeded in getting a lot of companies 
considering alternatives to SCO if other companies think SCO is sinking fast.

This topic might have been a great KISS
topic.