From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:19:19 +0800
To: "Eric Murray" <Scottauge@aol.com>
Subject: Re: SCO giving free licenses to UNIX OpenServer
Message-ID: <19960828203549890.AAA88@IO-ONLINE.COM>
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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 08:37:26 -0700 (PDT), Eric Murray wrote:

>> Hit www.sco.com

>> Pick What's New
>> 
>> Look for UNIX Unbound.
>> 
>> Read, Understand, and Delight... Microsoft maybe in trouble at last.

>I doubt it.  People don't use Microsoft products because
>of their quality or functionality.

OTOH, it might get people to play around with another alternative to NT.

>> This is for single user home based UNIX systems.


>Single-user UNIX isn't all that useful.


>Linux and FreeBSD are both free, and come with source code.
>You can get "commercial" versions of Linux for around $30
>(that's on CDROM).  You can get support for Linux, and probably
>for FreeBSD.

True.  However, if you have odd-ball hardware (like my RAID controller) it
*will* come with an SCO driver.  I'd have to write my own to use it under
Linux.

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