From: a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) Subject: Its SCO time ;) Date: 1996/08/22 Message-ID: <m0utgyQ-0005FcC@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 175918864 sender: owner-linux-ib...@vger.rutgers.edu x-hdr-sender: a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk x-env-sender: owner-linux-ibcs2-outgo...@vger.rutgers.edu newsgroups: linux.dev.ibcs2 SCO seem to have made a big contribution to the iBCS2 project. Im sure they didnt mean too. But they have a nice offer whereby you can get SCO licenses free for personal and/or educational use. Looks a very nice way of getting the troublesome SCO shared libraries for many iBCS2 users. Just throw the rest of SCO away. Alan groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=linux.dev.ibcs2/i5JjD53002s/ZjkXJPu79CgJ
From: Reg Burgess <rburg...@cac.stratus.com> Subject: Re: Its SCO time ;) Date: 1996/08/23 Message-ID: <9608231349.AA00488@nautique.cac.stratus.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 175971089 sender: owner-linux-ib...@vger.rutgers.edu references: <m0utgyQ-0005FcC@lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk> x-nextstep-mailer: Mail 3.3 (Enhance 1.0) content-type: text/plain x-hdr-sender: rburg...@cac.stratus.com mime-version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) x-env-sender: owner-linux-ibcs2-outgo...@vger.rutgers.edu newsgroups: linux.dev.ibcs2 I thought about that, then decided that $25 ($19 + S&H) isn't all that much to pay for the media. Compared to the time to find and download everything (well, almost everything) and devote storage to it, its an OK deal. Now I've started thinking that SCO has become a "free" competitor to Linux, so do I really want to bother with ibcs hacks to run apps for sco under linux or would things just get simpler if I just dumped linux and went to sco ? Yes, the licence registration is quick/simple/easy via the web page. RB
From: ja...@purplet.demon.co.uk (Mike Jagdis) Subject: Re: Its SCO time ;) Date: 1996/08/29 Message-ID: <10542@purplet.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 177377178 sender: owner-linux-ib...@vger.rutgers.edu x-hdr-sender: ja...@purplet.demon.co.uk x-env-sender: owner-linux-ibcs2-outgo...@vger.rutgers.edu newsgroups: linux.dev.ibcs2 > Now I've started thinking that SCO has become a > "free" competitor to Linux, so do I really want to bother with ibcs > hacks to run apps for sco under linux or would things just get > simpler if I just dumped linux and went to sco ? Linux is faster, has no license restrictions and is more robust (really, working on something like iBCS is a great way of finding out how to panic an OS with normal user privs :-) ). Mike -- .----------------------------------------------------------------------. | Mike Jagdis | Internet: ja...@purplet.demon.co.uk | | 280, Silverdale Road, Earley, | Voice: +44 1734 266996 | | Reading RG6 7NU ENGLAND | Work: +44 1734 890403 | `----------------------------------------------------------------------'