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eWeek: SCO Linux 4 Is Rough Around the Edges but Shows Promise

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“As much as Linux is pitted against Windows in the popular
imagination, Linux has enjoyed perhaps more success supplanting
Unix in the enterprise. The SCO Group’s SCO Linux 4 (brand-new,
despite its enumeration) can provide companies with an effective
path to such migrations, particularly at sites that are running
SCO’s UnixWare.

“Although SCO traces its Linux heritage through Caldera
International Inc., SCO Linux 4 is a product of the UnitedLinux
effort, which includes Conectiva S.A. and Turbolinux Inc. and is
led by SuSE Inc. As a result, SCO Linux 4, which began shipping at
the end of November, has a great deal in common with SuSE
Linux…

“The benefit for users (and no less for UnitedLinux members) is
that independent software vendors that certify their software for
one UnitedLinux product assure compatibility for all four member
distributions…”

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