At a glance
Publisher
SCO (formerly Caldera)
Web
Status
Available, Supported
Introduced
1983
Latest
6.0
Design
GUI Multitasking
Type
Workstation, Server
 
Summary News Requirements Compatibility Interface Installation Variants
Versions Downloads Links Publisher Support Alternatives Secrets Pricing
 
Details
Summary A rather obsolete OS intended for the enterprise, offering both Server and desktop editions.
News 26-Jan-2011 UnXus Group acquires software product busines of The SCO Group.
14-Sep-2007 SCO files for bankrupcy
22-Jun-2005 Version 6.0 released
30-Jan-2004 SP2 released
21-Oct-2003 New v5.0.7 released
21-Aug-2000 Caldera and SCO's Server Software Division merge
Requirements
Product SCO Open Server
Processor PII or better, up to 32 CPUs
RAM 256 MB
Drive space 8 G B
Drives Runs from hard disk
Video VGA or better
File systems S51K, AFS, EAFS, HTFS, DTFS
Compatibility SCO programs
Interface GUI
Installation Must boot from S51K, AFS, EAFS file system types, which restricts the partition size to 2 GB maximum. HTFS and DTFS file systems support up to 1 TB in size, but cannot used to boot SCO Open Server.
Variants No
Versions 5.0.7 Oct-2003
5.0.7 SP2 Jan-2004
6.0 Jun-2005
Downloads {Downloads}
Links SCO
SCO Open Server Home Page
Support
Documentation
Developers
Press Releases
Books Unix Categories: All - SCO

Top titles
Publisher The SCO Group Corporate Headquarters
355 South 520 West
Suite 100
Lindon, UT 84042-1911
Phone: 801-765-4999

Web www.sco.com
Support Paid support, Free web FAQs, etc.
Alternatives Linux, Solaris, Windows 2008
Secrets none
Pricing SCO Open Server 6, Starter Edition - $599 (1 CPU, 1GB Memory)
SCO Open Server 6, Enterprise - $1399 (10-user, 4 CPUs)
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