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Originally Posted by
uxlunatick
If you will be buying an new operating system, shouldn't you consider getting SCO OpenServer 6.0.0. This is based on UnixWare and is "supposed" to let binary compatibility with OpenServer 5.
Too Pricey . . . Linux, in the enterprise is way more reasonably priced, and better supported. SCO has never given my predecessors any support . . . they always defer to the pc provider. The pc/software provider says asks SCO. Round and Round. . . The only support with which I have any luck are the forums and aplawrence.com.
The applications which we run on the SCO/Win boxes is for customer compatibility. The customer runs the Windows version of the same software. . . at $20k a license. Ours SCO applications' Licenses are long since paid and since they no longer offer support we don't have to pay the maintenance.
In the past, I went on this same search. . .PC-BSD offered some compatibility for the lesser used of the two applications, but not the primary one.
I was just wondering since Caldera 2.4 is still available for sale, and originally designed to replace SCO on the desktop side, if it would be less finicky with SCO specific applications. Also, since it is Linux, if it was possible to upgrade to a modern kernel.
UnitedLinux was another possibility because Caldera pushed that one and my friends at Novell still support it, although not openly. I'm still waiting on their reply as to whether or not my apps would work.