Re: SCO vs. Fedora Core

On Wednesday 29 March 2006 00:49, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED stood up and
spoke the following words to the masses in /comp.os.linux.misc...:/

A friend of mine needs a Linux for an Intel platform. He is thinking
of SCO.

SCO is not GNU/Linux, it's a proprietary Unix. Caldera bought SCO a
while ago, but then management changed, and Caldera stopped releasing
their GNU/Linux distribution, changed the name to SCO and began suing
IBM for alleged use of proprietary SCO Unix code in the Linux kernel.

IBM has in the meantime won the case and is now suing SCO, as SCO - a
dying company - conveniently received heavy funding from a certain
company called Microsoft from Redmond, Washington, just prior to the
desist of Caldera's release of OpenLinux, their namechange to SCO and
their lawsuit against IBM.

I suggested Fedora Core, which I use. Any arguments on either side of
this?

It all depends on the needs your friend has. If he's new to GNU/Linux,
he may want to consider Mandriva, SuSE or (K)Ubuntu. If he's looking
for a server platform, he'd probably be better off with Debian or
Slackware. If he has some experience, perhaps Gentoo would be right
for him.

There are too many variables here to give a sound advice on the matter.
However, Fedora Core would not be my choice. ;-)

--
With kind regards,

*Aragorn*
(Registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: SCO vs. Fedora Core
    ... SCO is not GNU/Linux, it's a proprietary Unix. ... But note that SCO will happily sell you a Linux licence (the figure ...
    (comp.os.linux.misc)
  • Re: Wow Linux now owned by SCO!
    ... >> SCO owned Caldera Linux. ... > No. Caldera bought SCO and then renamed ... and threatened legal action against IBM. ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: SCO vs. Fedora Core
    ... SCO is not GNU/Linux, it's a proprietary Unix. ... and if you buy one they will promise not to sue you. ... your license worth? ...
    (comp.os.linux.misc)
  • Re: Wow Linux now owned by SCO!
    ... > SCO owned Caldera Linux. ... No. Caldera bought SCO and then renamed ... They sued IBM over some trade-secret stuff that SCO licensed to IBM ...
    (alt.os.linux)