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> But instead, despite half of the UNIX dev team moonlighting on open source projects, [...] +1. The original SCO didn't have such a bad reputation. Quite a fe
by segfaultbuserr 5y ago
> But instead, despite half of the UNIX dev team moonlighting on open source projects, [...]
+1. The original SCO didn't have such a bad reputation. Quite a few Unix hackers worked here. It also had a big Unix conference, Linus Torvalds was an invited speaker.
The reputation damage caused by the rogue SCO to their former employees must be big.
- p_l 5y agoWasn't Unixware (under whatever name it was running in the given year) something of the go-to choice for proper Unix on x86 till Linux got more complete? I think ESR even maintained a how to on it.
- segfaultbuserr 5y agoI think so, I remember seeing the list of Unixware bugs (also maintained by ESR) while looking for historical files on the web.