[ Thanks to dnc for this link.
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“There are many different kinds of Unix out there, but very few
of them are actually related to the original Unix code that is
copyrighted by the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO). Development on the
original Unix (UNIX System V) has been dead for a long time, but
its codebase is kept alive through SCO’s OpenServer and UnixWare
operating systems as well as licenses which extend to other
operating systems like IBM’s AIX. The advantages of using a
derivative of the original Unix source code are nil, but there are
still some advantages to using a trademarked UNIX. Previously the
primary advantages were that a trademarked UNIX could generally
support more high-end server and workstation hardware, could
support more of a workload, and could utilize the power of
computers and clusters that contained multiple CPUs. But all of
that is changing with the new generation of non-trademarked Unix
systems like GNU/Linux and *BSD…“Looking over the OSes we’ve been talking about in this article,
there are a few things that stand out. The first is that SCO’s
UnixWare and OpenServer are underpowered, overpriced, and lacking
in scalability and security. Furthermore the company is highly
unstable, having gone through a long period of financial loss
before deciding to blackmail corporate GNU/Linux users with legal
threats backed by invisible and baseless claims. To add to it all,
SCO refused to respond to any of my queries about product features,
leading me to believe that most of their information is mindless
propaganda. In short, the company stinks, their products stink, and
you’d be insane to buy one of their operating systems for any
environment, let alone a corporation with sensitive and important
data. SCO may be the ‘true’ Unix, but it’s also the weakest…”