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SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 Review

Posted by timothy on from the extremely-faint-praise dept.

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.'"

10 of 399 comments (clear)

  1. surprise surprise by mcbunny29 · · Score: 5, Funny



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

  2. Does UnixWare also have the student discount of by kryonD · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  3. I am NOSTRADAMUS by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    1. Re:I am NOSTRADAMUS by s20451 · · Score: 5, Funny

      SCO UnixWare sucks because it's from SCO.

      Can I have my karma now?

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  4. Watch out, Tony... by jpsowin · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

  5. UNIXWare is dying!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  6. Anyone else find this funny? by forsetti · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  7. Re:expensive crap by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  8. Re:A prediction... by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  9. Always Remember by rudy_wayne · · Score: 5, Funny



    You can't spell fiasco without SCO