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From: tony@aplawrence.com
Subject: Re: SCO Technical Articles to say "tata".
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 21:43:06 +0000 (UTC)

In comp.unix.sco.misc Jean-Pierre Radley <jpr@jpr.com> wrote:
: Users of this newsgroup have frequently been referred to one of the SCO
: Technical Articles at http://stage.sco.com/ta.

: In about three weeks general access to the Technical Articles will be
: shut off.  Instead of being able to read any of the existing 10,000+
: TAs, you will be referred to the "Installation Knowledge Center".
: There you will have access ~solely~ to a subset of TAs relevant to
: "installation, basic product configuration, security and supplement
: letters for SCO products".

: A recent thread here concerned escape sequences to change colors, and a
: change that occured for 'scoansi' as of OSR 5.0.6.  This is TA 114842.
: Since it's not deemed an "installation" or "configuration" issue, the
: Installation Knowledge Center won't show it to you.

: Another one you won't see: "Configuring MMDF in a TCP/IP environment
: under SCO UNIX System V/386", which is TA 107199.

: Enter "visionfs" in the new search engine, you'll retrieve 9 articles.
: Try that at http://stage.sco.com/ta and get a list of 60 articles.

: Some people ~will~ have access to ~all~ of the TAs.  I'm one of them.

: SCO tells me I should be happy, because now I can start charging people
: for my privileged access to 10,095 TA's.

: Why I am not jumping up and down about this?

: Do I hear a hue, a cry, or both?

Well, you already know what I said to them: it's dumb, dumb, dumb.  Yes, short
term it will put more money in my pocket because I can access the blocked
articles, but long term it just does more damage to a company that has
blundered its way to near oblivion.

That kind of model makes sense if you are giving away your product or
charging very little for it.  I'd have no objection if that were the
case.  But SCO Unix is still a good pile of cash, so playing games
with the ta database is stupid.

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Subject: SCO Delivers First Update to UnixWare 7.1.3 with New SCO Update Service

 

From: gerberb@zenez.com (Boyd Lynn Gerber), phatch@sco.com
Date: Thu, May 8, 2003 2:09 PM

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SCO DELIVERS FIRST UPDATE TO UNIXWARE 7.1.3 WITH NEW SCO UPDATE SERVICE

SCO Update Service provides early access to new UnixWare features and
functionality through regular updates, replacing long wait between
product releases

LINDON, Utah-May 8, 2003-The SCO(r) Group (SCO)(Nasdaq: SCOX), a leading
provider of business software solutions, today announced the
availability of SCO Update Pack-1 for UnixWare 7.1.3, provided through
the SCO Update Service.

The SCO Update Service is an innovative approach to deliver product
maintenance and upgrades. Customers who subscribe to SCO Update Service
get access to the latest enhancements the moment they are available,
rather than having to wait for the normal 15 to 18 month release cycle.

SCO announced the service in December 2002, and Update Pack 1 is the
first set of new features for UnixWare 7.1.3 made available using SCO
Update Service. In the coming months, additional Upgrade Packs will be
released for SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer and SCO Linux customers who
subscribe to SCO Update Service.

"SCO Update Service is a convenient service that gives our customers the
choice to keep their product current and install updates whenever it
works best for them," said Erik Hughes, director of product management
at SCO. "In addition, SCO Update Service gives customers predictable
budgeting as they plan their product installations and upgrades."

SCO Update Pack 1 contains new features and enhancements to UnixWare
7.1.3 that increase scalability, improve hardware diagnostics and
recovery support, and enhance printable documentation capabilities. The
update pack also includes a robust set of product maintenance features.

Current UnixWare 7.1.3 customers who are licensed for SCO Update Service
or for SCO's Software Enhancement Service (SES) for UnixWare may obtain
the SCO Update Pack from the SCO Update download site, which may be
accessed at: http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/. For more
information about SCO Update Service, please visit
http://www.sco.com/services/upgrade/scoupdate/.

About The SCO Group
The SCO Group (NASDAQ: SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82
countries to grow their businesses everyday. Headquartered in Lindon,
Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and
8,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized
support and services to all partners and customers. For more information
on SCO products and services visit http://www.sco.com.

SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Caldera International, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX,
used under an exclusive license, is a registered trademark of The Open
Group in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered
trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other brand or product names are or may
be trademarks of their respective owners.

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