From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 20:39:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0A1E16A4B3 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:39:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8650243D5F for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:39:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.4) id k36Kdi1E023964; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:39:44 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:39:44 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: American Eye Center Message-ID: <20060406203944.GB5697@dan.emsphone.com> References: <44353FF1.5000804@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44353FF1.5000804@verizon.net> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: SCO OPENSERVER X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:39:46 -0000 In the last episode (Apr 06), American Eye Center said: > I just had a really quick question, the company I work for uses a > software that runs on SCO Openserver 5, or later, I have read that > Freebsd is compatible with software written for SCO OpenServer, I > just wanted some specs as to how compatible you are, the software > vendor is being shitty and won't say if there software will run on > freebsd, they want us to get sco openserver(i wonder why), freebsd is > far superior, and not to mention CHEAPER. Thanks FreeBSD's ibcs emulator was actually compatible with SCO 3.2v4.2, not OSR 5, and has since bit-rotted due to other kernel changes such that it no longer works. Since there is less than one request a year about SCO emulation, it's unlikely to get enough developer attention to ever get better :) I'm surprised there is any software only available for SCO anymore. If you can get your hands on a Linux binary, FreeBSD will run that just fine. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com