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Xref: sserve comp.unix.misc:10492 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:5123 comp.unix.bsd:13072 comp.windows.x.i386unix:5744 biz.sco.general:9257 Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix,biz.sco.general Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!server!LSTC2VM.stortek.com!KZUPAN From: KZUPAN@LSTC2VM.stortek.com Subject: Re: SCO market share Message-ID: <16CA277C1S85.KZUPAN@LSTC2VM.stortek.com> Sender: usenet@stortek.com Nntp-Posting-Host: lstc2vm.stortek.com Organization: StorageTek SW Engineering References: <1993Dec03.172422.1339@sco.com> <CHq0BJ.FK5@sernews.raleigh.ibm.com> <1993Dec9.172423.11456@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1993Dec10.004649.11091@anomaly.sbs.com> <1993Dec11.032903.29962@ksmith.com> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 15:30:55 GMT Lines: 37 In article <1993Dec11.032903.29962@ksmith.com> keith@ksmith.com (Keith Smith) writes: > >In article <1993Dec10.004649.11091@anomaly.sbs.com>, >Rev. Michael P. Deignan <kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.com> wrote: >>dcm6986@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Dan Mattrazzo) writes: >> >>> Yes, Linux comes with gcc, ++, mail, TCP/IP, CD-ROM support, >>> soundboard support, XWindows, on and on. And it's free. >> >>Unfortuntely, it doesn't support a fraction of the device drivers >>that are available on the market for other devices, such as a >>Always Technology SCSI board, or a Specialix SIO card. >> >Funny, I missed the soundblaster support in SCO. Is it on sosco? Is >it user supported or SCO supported or Card vendor specific? > >BTW I'd lay odds that SCO Unix is supported by and supports more >hardware than _ANY_ other Unix PERIOD, so any driver support arguments >vs. SCO are a lose for the other side. > Not to mention the fact that there is support for the Always IN2000 now available on sunsite and tsx-11, and has been for a few months. Besides the fact that I wouldn't call the Allways card a standard to be focused on. Not saying it a bad card, its just not the standard. There are some gaps in Linux yes, but we got the nets best minds filling them in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | L IIIII NN N U U X X Having Problems? Be sure to pick | | L I N N N U U X X up the new book 'Linux Installation| | L I N N N U U X and Getting Started' by Matt Welsh | | L IIIII N NN UUU X X Available at tsx-11.mit.edu in | | LLLLL X X /pub/linux/docs/LDP and other sites| | -Kevin Zupan | | Out to fix what Windoze MS'd up! Kzupan@lstc2vm.stortek.com | -------------------------------------------------------------------------