Mark Hahn wrote:
>
> > Over the past nine months or so I've maintained a pair of articles
> > comparing SCO UnixWare and Linux. (Why? These are the two server
>
> good question. these articles are mostly SCO self-congratulation.
> Linux users/admins/programmers will not learn anything, except that
> we are still being hurt by mindcraft and comparisons against the
> kernel circa late 1998 (that is, 2.2).
Don't make the mistake of thinking I'm pro-SCO. It's just something I
happen to have some experience with: given a choice, I pick Linux every
time.
With regard to comparing against Linux 2.2, that's an integrity issue: I
can't go comparing pre-release products (Linux 2.3) against released
products. Believe me, it's worked the other way in the past: previous
versions of that article dinged UnixWare for features I knew were
imminent, but because Linux 2.2 had them today, Linux got the nod.
This is an inherently inflammatory subject, so I have to be extremely
careful about being fair. I'm sorry Linux loses out to SCO in a few
areas despite the fact that 2.3 has stable versions of these features,
but I won't bend on the principle.
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