From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 7 00:04:05 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 ABF8816A400 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 00:04:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B6343D46 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 00:04:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4871172406; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:04:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (alexis.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 63414-01-2; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:04:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 4A28172403; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:04:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 17:04:00 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Message-ID: <20060407000400.GA63258@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" References: <44353FF1.5000804@verizon.net> <20060406203944.GB5697@dan.emsphone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060406203944.GB5697@dan.emsphone.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Subject: Re: SCO OPENSERVER X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:04:05 -0000 On Thu, Apr 06, 2006, Dan Nelson wrote: >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. A major problem for many SCO users is that their machines tend to run forever, and there are production applications in use where the original vendors are long gone, and the source isn't available. I have customers who're running applications that actually use binaries compiled for 80286 Xenix. We've got several of these running on SuSE 9.0 and earlier versions with 2.4.x kernels and linux-abi. SCO OpenServer 5.0.<=6a COFF binaries run well in this environment as well. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``I don't make jokes, I just watch the Government and report the facts...'' Will Rogers