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From: bob@musem.earthlink.net (Bob Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware
Subject: Re: Unix for PC
Date: 7 Dec 1994 03:22:50 GMT
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Ade Barkah (mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu) wrote:
: Larry Snyder (larry@rn.com) wrote:
: : mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark Davis) writes:

: : >There is nothing wrong with SCO either, not as far as stability.  We run
: : >our whole hospital on it and I have never seen ANY OS more stable.

: : If you can live within it's limitations and are happy using something
: : based on a product that's so old (how old is 3.2 these days, 7 years?)..

: Well, I must say, that's not a "fair" statement. Indeed SCO
: is based on 3.2, but then, so is SVR4. =) It's not like SCO
: just let the code stagnate for seven years; they've added
: their share of improvements all these times too.

Let's make an analogy using Windows.  If you were able to buy the source
code for Windows 3.1, do you think you would have a product to sell in
the face of the impending Windows95?  Even if you were able to hire 
on most of the W95 developers the public wouldn't be very interested,
regardless of what improvements you made.  As far as SVR4 being based
on 3.2, well yes, but then again, there are a hell of a lot of 
differences, too.  

Bottom line?  Once the "public" realizes the difference, and UW gains
the perception of being a realiable, mission critical OS, SCO is in
trouble.

--
Bob Stewart (KB9ZW)
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