Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Summary: What's wrong with SCO (long) Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1991Apr14.022153.2099@emisle.uucp> <1991Apr16.183342.10185@compu.com> <1991Apr17.210627.4517@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <1991Apr18.063914.13111@kithrup.COM> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 91 15:39:54 GMT In article <1991Apr18.063914.13111@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: > Point in SCO's favor: AT&T and Intel have adopted sco's > implementation for the iBCS thingy; as a result, ISC is not compatable with > the standard, and any isc-written COFF program will not work on future > releases. How does this jibe with Intel dropping direct sales of UNIX and passing it on to ISC? It's almost enough to make me want to try OSF/1. Almost. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"