Re: Differences Unixware/OpenServer/OpenUnix

From: Ian Wilson (scobloke2_at_infotop.co.uk)
Date: 10/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:01:02 +0000 (UTC)

Ian Wilson wrote:
> Lars Bausch wrote:
>
>> Ian Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>> What are the differences between Unixware, OpenServer and OpenUnix ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Too many to enumerate here. You'd have to be specific about versions.
>>
>>
>> I meaned the differences in general. I need only a brief overview
>> about the differences, and not in detail.
>> Do you know some links ?
>>
>> Sorry I am a newby. And so I am a little bit confused about the
>> different between this three Unixes.
>>
>
> UnixWare is Novell's name for the ancestral Unix code acquired by The
> SCO Group (as Caldera) from the Santa Cruz Organisation (old SCO, now
> named Tarantella), who acquired it from Novell, who acquired it from
> Unix Systems Labs who were spun of from AT&T who originally developed
> Unix. (This is from memory so probably contains errors). Unixware is a
> reasonably modern Unix with many advanced features.
>
> OpenServer 5 (Often abbreviated to OSR5) was developed by the Santa Cruz
> Organisation (old SCO) from AT&T's Unix SVR3.2. As such the kernel has a
> pretty old Unix base but it has been battle hardened over the decades
> and is generally very reliable. Due to its age, IMO features are
> restricted and driver availability is limited. This is just my view.
> OSR5 is a good operating system for zero-admin environments. Often used
> for things like POS systems at retail branches of widely dispersed
> retailers.
>
> OpenServer 6 (OSR6) is the Unixware kernel married to an OpenServer
> personality. It can run OSR5 binaries and is designed to look and feel
> as much like OSR5 as is reasonably possible.
>
> OpenUnix (AFAIK) is what Ransome Love's Caldera eventually called their
> Linux distribution before Darl came along and Caldera renamed itself SCO
> Group and eventually ceased marketing Linux. As such you can't buy
> OpenUnix AFAIK.
>

Oops, I'm confusing OpenUnix with OpenLinux. How embarassing. The label
'OpenUnix' was a brief marketing abberation designed to confuse people
like me.

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