[olug] SCO Wackin' - confirmed three digit kill

[neal rauhauser]

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Mike Peterson wrote:
> 
> I got word last week that some company in the local area has up to around
> 1500 SCO box's they are working on porting to Linux.
> No name on the company or what there status of converting is though.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "neal rauhauser" <neal at lists.rauhauser.net>
> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [olug] SCO Wackin' - confirmed three digit kill
> 
> >
> >  So its a confirmed flock of ten slaughter and you're telling us there
> > are another 100+ machines that have been cleansed of these infidels?
> >
> >
> > Mike Hostetler wrote:
> > >
> > > okay, I'll go . . . .
> > >
> > > We have a product that always been based on SCO Openserver.  I've been
> > > trying (and begging and pleading) to have them port it to Linux for a
> > > long time.  When Caldera bought SCO, they said they were going to get
> rid
> > > of OpenServer, so we ported it to UnixWare (which Caldera renamed
> > > OpenUnix).  When SCO "came back" and re-comissioned OpenServer, our
> > > management said "enough is enough" and okayed a port to RedHat.
> > >
> > > We've had it GA'ed for a couple of months.  One new customer is already
> > > on it, two existing customers are already migrated, and others are in
> the
> > > process. Though we officially support all three now (OpenServer,
> > > UnixWare, and RedHat), we push the RedHat, and most are willing to go.
> > >
> > > Note that the ball started rolling before the lawsuits began.  Our
> > > mid-management got a little nervous about the $500 fee, but upper
> > > management said, "You aren't changing gears now, and we aren't paying
> > > them."
> > >
> > > If you wanna know how many SCO machines are replaced -- I can think of
> 10
> > > off the top of my head.  I know one of our customers have switched 100's
> > > of SCO boxes to Linux.
> > >
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