Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!news From: cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Conway Yee) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: A question on the popularity of SCO Unix Message-ID: <1990Dec7.183300.1310@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 7 Dec 90 18:33:00 GMT Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 10 I have been reading the thread on the deficiencies of SCO Unix especially related to security. If SCO Unix is just so difficult to deal with, why is it so popular? Why is competition from other versions of Unix destroying SCO Unix? What would be a suitable replacement? Conway Yee, N2JWQ yee@ming.mipg.upenn.edu (preferred) 231 S. Melville St. cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (forwarded to above) Philadelphia, Pa 19139 yee@bnlx26.nsls.bnl.gov (rarely checked) (215) 386-1312