From: mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) Subject: Re: Is this becoming comp.linux.advocacy? Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1993 23:10:43 GMT
eichin@tweedledumber.cyGNUs.com (Mark Eichin) writes:
>>> device support of SCO, Wanna compare SCO's compatibility list with
>>> Linux's?
> I hate to jump in like this, but I've got a real story here...
>SCO doesn't seem to support ethernet cards. Oh, sure, there's a long
>compatibility list of network interfaces -- *one* of which is an
>ethernet card (3c503.) They've got token ring, x.25, other random
>stuff... but they don't have NE2000, or any other ethernet card that
>linux did. (I was looking for a card to use under both, because I
>actually had some SCO development to do -- and SCO simplified the
>choice by only supporting one card :-)
There are several Ethernet cards supported by SCO. Consult biz.sco.com
> While we're at it, how about compilers that actually work? I
>still don't have a native-tools build of Kerberos under SCO, because
>cc botches an extension from char to int, so I *have* to use gcc,
>which means that customers who rebuild from sources also have to...
Hmm, which version are you using? And have you tried rcc?
> And just how many laptops does SCO support? The PS/2 mouse
>driver doesn't even work on a Dell 450 *desktop*...
A laptop is a computer, not really different than a desktop. SCO, like
Linux, will run on just about any laptop given the appropriate resources
(about 50% more than Linux).
> And all those groups selling Linux CDROM installations... I
>wish someone would do that for SCO! (SCO + ODT == 45 floppies, and SCO
>has one of the *slowest* floppy drivers I've ever used. It may manage
>to be slower than DOS itself... linux has a very fast floppy driver
>(track buffering etc.) so maybe I'm jaded by it -- Oh Well...)
SCO has been available on CDROM for at least a year or two now. It is
also available on QIC tape and floppies. I am not familiar with your disk
problems, it seems as fast as Linux to me.
> Sure, Linux may not be your "conventional" market, with freely
>available source code being the norm rather than the exception. But
>we've got an environment where problems get fixed anyway... and a lot
>of people who've been burned by environments where things *don't* get
>fixed.
Too true. And SCO could care less about Linux right now. But if/when Linux
can run COFF, SCO will probably start paying attention!
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