SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

Posted Aug 6, 2003 0:11 UTC (Wed) by zonker (subscriber, #7867)
In reply to: SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register) by coriordan
Parent article: SCO ready to clean out Linux users for $1399 per CPU (Register)

You'll have all the apps your used to, running with glibc, compiled with gcc, etc. Just a different kernel, most users would never notice.

If you're talking about users who are running uniprocessor systems, you're probably right. But a big part of commercial acceptance for Linux is its ability to run on SMP systems -- moving to the FreeBSD kernel isn't going to work for companies who are deploying Linux on SMP boxes.

It's nice that the Debian folks are providing that alternative for users who want to run a BSD kernel, but it isn't going to solve the problem for a whole host of users and companies who have hardware that's not supported by FreeBSD... I've got two dual-CPU boxes and an old Dell PowerEdge with four Pentium Pro CPUs -- I'm not too anxious to install an OS that can't make use of SMP.

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