SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead

Re:SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead by marcodiego on Sunday April 04, 2021 @05:31PM (#26693023)

Some companies have the possibility to survive because of clients which are dependent on their solutions. The OpenServer case includes big names like fujitsu, mcdonalds and kwait petroleum: https://web.archive.org/web/20040207073246/http://www.sco.co...

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Re:SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead by tyingq on Sunday April 04, 2021 @05:34PM (#26693045)

I'm sure it's possible they are still using it, but that's just saying McDonald's used it in 2004.

For example, even this current page http://www.sco.com/5reasons/ has a claim that McDonald's is using it. But the quote is from John Doty, who last worked at McDonalds in 2001.

Edit: Googling around a bit, it seems like they switched to something called "New-POS", which runs on Windows. It was originally from a company called Savista, later re-named Torex. The software was purchased outright with source code and is now maintained in-house, and called "NP6". So it seems unlikely McDonald's has any real amount of SCO left. Apparently McDonald's was their largest client, so that's notable.

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Re:SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead by mtrower on Sunday April 04, 2021 @07:10PM (#26693644)

As an aside, “New-POS” was an accurate moniker in more ways than one...

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