Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: SCO doesn't sell UNIX Message-ID: <27519123.34A2@tct.uucp> Date: 26 Nov 90 22:03:15 GMT References: <2330@sixhub.UUCP> <1990Nov21.232102.26005@pegasus.com> <1990Nov23.080906.24510@robobar.co.uk> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 31 According to ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo): >SCO Unix, on the other hand is a different kettle of fish altogether. >... because they've completely changed the semantics of just about >everything so much (because of their "security" "enhancements") >so it might be fair to call SCO Unix "Not a real Unix". I completely agree. C2 security cannot be disabled on "SCO Unix" systems. It can be "relaxed," but that's not the same as "disabled." The "SCO Unix" product is actually "SCO Unix-Flavored C2 Operating System." We used Xenix here at TCT for some time. When we were about to take the plunge into Unix, we asked the salescritters if the C2 security could be disabled. They *lied*: they said "Yes." Perhaps the salescritters knew no better. However, I believe that they expected C2 security without an "off" switch to be very unpopular with us developers -- you know, the people that write the software that sells the OS. So they told us what we wanted to hear. Unless we, the developers and users, keep the pressure on SCO, there will never be a C2-free version of "SCO Unix." And that would be a pity. Let's keep reminding them of what we want. You know, TCT might have bought many more copies of SCO Unix... If only SCO sold a Unix-compatible version. -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT , "I've been cranky ever since my comp.unix.wizards was removed by that evil Chip Salzenberg." -- John F. Haugh II