SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 Review

JigSaw writes "Despite news about SCO being all about the lawsuit, they still sell OS products and they have a presence in the server market. UnixWare is one of these OS products. Tony Bourke reviewed its latest version, 7.1.3, and even includes benchmarks among other tests. Tony concludes that 'the lack of commercial applications and user community, the difficulty with open source applications, the SCO litigation, and the high price are all marks against UnixWare. There are just very few reasons to adopt UnixWare as your platform, and plenty of reasons to adopt (or migrate to) other platforms.'"

Comments

surprise surprise

[mcbunny29]

If you thought /. would say UnixWare rocks the shit out of other Linux distros, then your need surgery... fast.

Does UnixWare also have the student discount of

[kryonD]

ONE BILLION DOLLARS MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH?

Disclaimer: Prices may vary. Check your local retailer. Senseless litigation available in most locations. All rights reserved or acquired in court against your will.

I am NOSTRADAMUS

[NanoGator]

I predict that somebody'll get modded up for explaining why SCO's distro sucks.

Re:I am NOSTRADAMUS

[s20451]

SCO UnixWare sucks because it's from SCO.

Can I have my karma now?

Re:I am NOSTRADAMUS

[utlemming]

Yeah, but unfortantely, funny mod ratings don't affect your Karma --

Note that being moderated Funny doesn't help your karma. You have to be smart, not just a smart-ass.

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This comes from the /. FAQ.

Hrmm

[acehole]

I heard SCO were going to find out who the makers of unixware are, and sue them for copyright and patent infrindgements. Then refuse to release documents to themselves, quote incorrect code segments and send bills to themselves.

Watch out, Tony...

[jpsowin]

Attn: Tony Bourke

Read your review. Hope you enjoy court and jailtime, because I'm about to sue you into oblivion. Next time you'll know whose side you should be on. Best of luck to you and your lawyers (or lack thereof)!

Your friend,
Darl

UNIXWare is dying!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait, this might be the first "$X is dying" troll that's actually true.

Anyone else find this funny?

[forsetti]

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=sco.com

I have an idea.

[gklinger]

They should change the name to UnixWhere.

Re:I have an idea.

[Geek of Tech]

I will not use SCO's Unixware
I will not use it here nor there

I will not put in on my x86
I will not use it, I'm not Darl's B*tch

I will not use it use Darl's UnixWare
I don't like SCO, I really don't care

-1 FB

[TwinkieStix]

It didn't tarnish the MS name, now did it? (I know, it's just a joke, mod me down though. They spend way more time getting sued that suing anyways).

Re:expensive crap

[iminplaya]

"There is no reason to use such an expensive, restrictive OS..."
It's only $100 more than Linux...

Re:A prediction...

[iminplaya]

"The Unixware product will no longer be marketable under the "SCO" name..."
Which will probably "confuse the build scripts" even more.

Always Remember

[rudy_wayne]

You can't spell fiasco without SCO

When I was a boy...

[Fished]

When I was a boy, back during the days of Linux Kernel 1.0, we emulated SCO to run commercial applications. Now, SCO emulates *us* to run commercial apps. Total world domination, anyone?