now what ?

[Bill Walker]

Now that SCO seems determined to self-destruct, what is the best
alternative for those of us who want Unix-like operating systems ?

It is not clear that Linux is going to survive in any present form either ...
Justice sometimes requires deep pockets, and so far as I know, the
Linux community does not sport such a thing. There will soon be
a lot of bickering which is likely to be quite destructive to all concerned.
See the "README.SCO" on the latest release of gcc for previews.

In short, what unix-look-alike is stable, solid, cheap enough to own,
functional, dependable, unburdened by lawyers, yet suitable for small
colleges and small businesses ?

I'm not just ranting, I really need advice. At our small college
we will be buying new equipment and OS versions next year.
As of now, although a customer of SCO since Xenix days, I'm stumped.
Without all the baloney, I would buy SCO in a heartbeat, but now
frankly I'm afraid to.

Did Microsoft just win big here ? How soon before Microsoft "announces"
a version of unix anyway ?

73 de Bill W5GFE

[tony@aplawrence.com]

Bill Walker <bw@cs4.ecok.edu> wrote:

>Now that SCO seems determined to self-destruct, what is the best
>alternative for those of us who want Unix-like operating systems ?

>It is not clear that Linux is going to survive in any present form either ...
>Justice sometimes requires deep pockets, and so far as I know, the
>Linux community does not sport such a thing. There will soon be
>a lot of bickering which is likely to be quite destructive to all concerned.
>See the "README.SCO" on the latest release of gcc for previews.

>In short, what unix-look-alike is stable, solid, cheap enough to own,
>functional, dependable, unburdened by lawyers, yet suitable for small
>colleges and small businesses ?

FreeBSD ?
Mac OS X ?

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