From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 7 13:07:49 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA07578 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:07:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gateway.sitel.net (gateway.sitel.net [206.24.48.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA07557 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:07:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jsw@cywub.sitel.net) Received: from dns3.sitel.net by gateway.sitel.net via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) with SMTP; 7 Jan 1999 21:07:17 UT Received: from dev2.sitel.net (mail1.sitel.net [10.252.249.17]) by www.sitel.net (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA09519; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:07:13 -0600 Message-Id: <199901072107.VAA16243@cywub.sitel.com> Subject: Re: SCO Unix vrs. FreeBSD To: nugundam@la.best.com (Joseph T. Lee) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:07:08 -0600 (CST) From: Jack Winslade Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990106063026.A11477@la.best.com> from "Joseph T. Lee" at Jan 6, 99 06:30:26 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL20] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > The later FBSD versions can also run SCO binaries. I know of one case > > where an Informix SE license was moved from SCO to FBSD with very little > > hassle. They also tell me (the ubiquitous 'they') that Oracle runs fine > > under FBSD as well. > > How about SCO drivers? Seems lots of vendors still surprisingly support > SCO, besides mainstay windows, for their products. > > SCO drivers aren't directly usable by the free OSs, I presume.. Although SCO and FBSD can run some of the same binaries, they really come from two totally different branches of the Unix tree. SCO comes from the AT&T sysv branch, and there are countless incompatibilities in the internals. Besides, 99.999% of the SCO-compatible drivers are available in compiled binary form only. (Remember, 'c' compiler is extra with SCO.) Good day JSW To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message