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From: "Patrick Moran" <pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: A little history
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:48:03 -0700
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Why not? I can think of two very good reasons why I like it. First they will
probably make the SCO OS available free for private use. If you have not
heard, the SCO Kernel is now Linux compatible and will run most or all Linux
packages.  Second and probably most important is that they are competeing
with MS and will give users an alternative to MS crap. Caldera has been
working toward this end for quite sometime. Initially Caldera's Open Linux
was basically RedHat and their commercial version included some commercial
software like the MetroX Xserver and has added a lot of commercial things to
it for commercial use. Yet you can get the distribution without the
commercial stuff for free. We get the benefit of them thoroughly testing out
new Linux kernels and packages. Then, when they include a packge with there
distibutions we can be certain that these are pretty much bug free.

I really like the part about an alternative to MS crap.

BTW this trend of giving individuals free use of software is gaining speed.
Sun Microsystems offered Star Office for Linux users for free a few years
ago, now you can get WINDOZE versions as well, They also have their Solaris
OS for free for private use and I recently got a flier in the mail (snail)
from them for a free CD of their Forte toolkit. It will work with just about
any platform, including Linux, UNIX, and WINDOZE. Several comapnies have
offered their software for free to Linux users.

MS won't even give away their old obsolete software! MS even charges you for
bug fixes!

----- Original Message -----
From: <fernande AT internet1 DOT net>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: A little history


> Okay, I visited both SCO and Caldera.
>
> It seems SCO sold two of there divisions to Caldera.  I guess that
> leaves SCO with only Tarantula??  SCO without Unix???  I did see that
> SCO and Caldera are both on the Nasdaq..... I didn't know Caldera was
> that succesful!
>
> I am not sure if I like this or not....
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA



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