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New Caldera Promised
An anonymous reader writes "SCO has announced their plans to release a new version of Caldera Linux by the end of the year. From the announcement: 'To provide extensive reliability and performance features, the Linux Kernel 2.5 codebase has been merged with recently developed additions to SCO's world leading UNIX core operating system. Already contained code owned by SCO is still included benefiting the stability and overall experience opposed to recent Linux kernel releases.' The question is, is anyone listening?"
Why would anybody want to use a linux distro based on an old developers version of the kernel?
Well, the FP did read: "included benefiting the stability and overall experience opposed to recent Linux kernel releases.' The question is, is anyone listening?"...
Let's face it - Since the pre-1.2 line, 2.6 has some of the worst stability ever seen. Yes, it also supports quite a few nice things (like massively better USB support than its predecessors), but anyone using it on critical systems needs a lobotomy.
Of course, I wouldn't give SCO anywhere near so much credit as to go back to what amounts to 2.4 with a few backports of the best of the 2.6 line... So their motivation? I'd put my money on either "ignorance" or "more legal BS".
die in a fire!
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...