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From: morris@dms.UUCP (Jim Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Did you know SCO ODT is SINGLE USER ONLY??
Message-ID: <1101@dms.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 90 17:36:15 GMT
References: <6785@scorn.sco.COM>
Organization: Atari Games Inc., Milpitas, CA
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From article <6785@scorn.sco.COM>, by rogerk@sco.COM (Roger Knopf 5502):
> 
> In article <1095@dms.UUCP> morris@dms.UUCP (Jim Morris) writes:
>> ....
>>
>> 	SCO Open DeskTop (1 user)		$ 1000
> 
> Why? Open DeskTop sports an AT&T 2 user license and indeed two users
> can login. By login, we mean "2 keyboards", ie one user can get as 
> much up on the console as they want and its still one user. The
> second keyboard can be local, rlogined or telneted, dialed in, etc.


I am going by what the license says.

It specifies One user on one CPU. I agree that it actually lets
multiple logins at the console.

Are you suggesting we violate your license agreement??? ( :>) )





BTW I am not "MAD" at SCO anymore. I had a nice chat with someone at
SCO sales and they convinced me that it is not a deliberate policy
to mislead people, but that ODT marketing is directed at people
who use workstations as opposed to people looking for a Unix system.

The pricing and specs for SCO Unix are very upfront and I see where
SCO is coming from on the ODT marketing angle.

Unfortunately we still cannot justify paying twice as much for
a multi user Unix system, even if SCO is a great outfit !!

-- 
Jim Morris.         {motcsd|weitek}!dms!morris or morris@dms.UUCP 
Voice	(408) 434-3798
Atari Games Corporation, 675 Sycamore Drive, Milpitas CA 95035 USA
(Arcade Video Game Manufacturer, NOT Atari Corp. ST manufacturer).