OT: SCO Forum

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2006, Fairlight wrote:
>At Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:38:55PM -0400 or thereabouts, 
>suspect Jay Ashworth was observed uttering:
>> 
>> Anyone got anything new on ABI/2.6, or any related topics?
>
>*cough*  This was from one of the developers about five years ago:
>
>"You've had six years to get people off of SCO and into something else.  If
>iBCS is unusable and ABI doesn't work, that's your problem.  ABI really
>isn't a priority."

We have it working on SuSE 9.0 Professional with a 2.4 kernel, but nothing
later.  I think that the FreeBSD 4.x series supports SCO binaries, but
wouldn't bet on it (Bill V?).

>That is a -very- close paraphrase.  I remember picking cinders off the
>keyboard after the conversation.
>
>Other than that, nobody I talk to seems to authoritatively know who owns
>the rights to the old Softa one at this time.  Considered contacting
>FourGen and seeing if they can help with a native version?  It's seeming
>like your best bet.

I haven't see Gary Galliardi, Gordon, or Lauren West in years.  They may
still be in the Seattle area.

Bill
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