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From: palowoda@fiver (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SCO doesn't sell UNIX
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.064438.3206@fiver>
Date: 29 Nov 90 06:44:38 GMT
References: <16068@bfmny0.BFM.COM>
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From article <16068@bfmny0.BFM.COM>, by tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff):
> In article <27519123.34A2@tct.uucp> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>>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.
> 
> With all due respect, I'm still wondering why the marketplace so
> desperately needs a fixed SCO UNIX in particular.  There are only about
> seven other vendors out there, just about all of whom do it right.  You
> have the vanilla AT&T/Intel branch and then the value-added Interactive
> derivatives, in all kinds of price ranges and with all sorts of hardware
> and software support arrangements.  Other than for the sake of blind
> Neanderthal die-hard hold-over (misplaced) product loyalty from the
> utterly different days of that utterly different product Xenix, or out
> of sheer customer ignorance of any other name, why the @*&#$^ does
> anyone care *what* SCO does?  UNIX is a commodity: take your best deal.

   Let me take a guess who. The new customers of coarse. The way I see
it is that nobody in the marketplace cared enough to write about fixing
a certain version of UNIX inconsistent features, bugs, what XY company 
want's to do about it UNIX would not be as much as a commodity that it
is today. I guess if we stop talking about the problems we would have
more "customer ignorance". Is that the type of marketplace you want?
You know with several version of UNIX out there the potenial alot of 
potential new customers cannot afford to run out and buy one of each
run benchmarks, test apps, compatiblity, and find out what works 
all in a reasonable period of time and/or cost. Sure they can read
sales lit, and check out the latest UNIX magazine articles but what if
they want to hear about if something needs to get fixed? Magazines? Give
me a break. 

---Bob



   
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