SCO OpenServer
| SCO OpenServer | |
|---|---|
| developer | SCO Group |
| License (s) | Proprietary |
| First publ. | 1989 |
| Current version | 6.0.0 MP4 (February 6, 2009) |
| ancestry |
UNIX ↳ UNIX System V ↳ Xenix ↳ SCO OpenServer |
| Architecture (s) | x86 |
| OpenServer product page | |
The SCO OpenServer is a software product based on SCO UNIX (an operating system based on UNIX System V Release 3.2), first developed by Santa Cruz Operation (SCO, later Tarantella, Inc., acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2005) and by the company SCO Group was further developed from 2001 until the company went bankrupt.
history
After Santa Cruz Operation had already gained large market shares in the PC Unix sector with Xenix for i286 and i386, the first version of SCO UNIX was presented in 1989. This was the first Unix derivative that, due to licensing by AT&T , was allowed to use the name Unix in the product name .
It is a 32-bit implementation for Intel i386, based on the AT&T UNIX System V (up to version 5.0.7 based on SVR 3.2; from version 6.0 based on SVR 5). Although other manufacturers soon offered products based on the newer SVR4 and AT&T pushed the UnixWare operating system with Novell , SCO UNIX prevailed in the market because of its robustness and good support from hardware manufacturers.
Until 1995 SCO UNIX was delivered individually as a runtime system and in the products OpenServer and OpenDesktop with integrated network products . There was also a multiprocessor extension for up to 29 additional processors called SCO MPX. SCO IPX / SPX, SCO TCP / IP and SCO NFS were available for the connection to different networks , as well as a Microsoft LAN Manager for UNIX, which was used for integration in DOS or OS / 2 environments. Important productivity applications were SCO Portfolio and Microsoft Word for UNIX.
After the takeover of Novell's UnixWare operating system in 1995, the SCO UNIX operating system was renamed SCO OpenServer. The planned merger with UnixWare took place in 2005 in the current release 6, which is based on the Unix SVR5 system core. This means that device drivers and applications from UnixWare can also be used under OpenServer 6.
Equipment (extract)
- KDE and IXI XDT3 (desktop environments)
- Mozilla (web browser)
- Java
- MySQL , PostgreSQL , Apache , PHP , Perl
- OpenSSH and OpenSSL
- FAT , VxFS . HTFS , EAFS (file systems)
- Compatibility with UnixWare 7.1.4 , OpenServer 5, SCO Unix, SCO Xenix
- Support of 32 CPU types; maximum 64 GB RAM and maximum 1 TB per hard drive
Versions
SCO UNIX System V Release 3.2
| version | UNIX SVR | date | Project name | Multiprocessor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO UNIX System V / 386 | 3.2.0 | June 30, 1989 | ? | SCO MPX 1.0 |
| SCO UNIX Operating System Version 2.0 | 3.2v2.0 | 1990 | ? | SCO MPX 1.1 |
| SCO UNIX Operating System Version 4.0 | 3.2v4.0 | January 24, 1992 | ? | SCO MPX 2.0 |
| SCO UNIX Operating System Version 4.1 | 3.2v4.1 | 1993 | ? | |
| SCO UNIX Operating System Version 4.2 | 3.2v4.2 | June 1993 | ? | SCO MPX 3.0 |
SCO Open Desktop / Open Server
| version | UNIX SVR | date | Project name | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Desktop 1.0 | 3.2.1 | Early 1990 | ? | |
| Open Desktop 1.1 | 3.2v2.0 | 1991 | ? | Supplement for upgrade to 3.2v2.1 |
| Open Desktop 2.0 | 3.2v4.1 | Fall 1992 | Phoenix | Desktop system, server |
| Open Desktop / Server 3.0 | 3.2v4.2 | 1994 | Tbird | Open Desktop, Open Desktop Lite, Open Server |
| OpenServer 5.0 | 3.2v5.0 | 1995 | Everest | Desktop System, Host System, Enterprise System |
| OpenServer 5.0.2 | 3.2v5.0.2 | 1996 | ? | Desktop System, Host System, Enterprise System, Internet FastStart |
| OpenServer 5.0.4 | 3.2v5.0.4 | May 6, 1997 | Comet | Host System, Desktop System, Enterprise System |
| OpenServer 5.0.5 | 3.2v5.0.5 | 1999 | Davenport | Host System, Desktop System, Enterprise System |
| OpenServer 5.0.6 | 3.2v5.0.6 | 2000 | Freedom | Host System, Desktop System, Enterprise System |
| OpenServer 5.0.7 | 3.2v5.0.7 | February 14, 2003 | Harvey West | Host System, Desktop System, Enterprise System |
| OpenServer 5.0.7V version 1 | 3.2v5.0.7 | 2009 | VMware, Hyper-V | |
| OpenServer 5.0.7V version 2 | 3.2v5.0.7 | 2010 | VMware, Hyper-V | |
| OpenServer 5.0.7V version 3 | 3.2v5.0.7 | 2011 | VMware, Hyper-V | |
| Xinuos OpenServer 5 Definitions | 3.2v5.0.7 | December 7, 2015 | ||
| Xinuos OpenServer 5 Definitive 2018 | 3.2v5.0.7 |
1st October 2018 |
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| OpenServer 6.0 | 5 | June 14, 2005 | Legend | Starter, Enterprise |
| Unxis OpenServer 6.0.0V | 5 | 2012 | for VMware | |
| Xinuos OpenServer 6 Definitions | 5 | December 7, 2015 | ||
| Xinuos OpenServer 6 Definitive 2018 | 5 | October 29, 2018 | ||
| Xinuos OpenServer 10.0 | 2015 | First version based on FreeBSD |
Web links
- UnXis Inc. OpenServer 5.0.7 Homepage
- UnXis Inc. OpenServer 5.0.7V Homepage
- Xinuos Inc. OpenServer 6.0 homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ tech-insider.org
- ↑ tech-insider.org
- ↑ tech-insider.org
- ↑ xinuos.com
- ↑ Xinuos: Xinuos releases New SCO OpenServer 5 Definitive 2018. In: Xinuos. October 1, 2018, Retrieved May 10, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ xinuos.com
- ↑ Xinuos: Xinuos Releases New SCO OpenServer 6 Definitive 2018. In: Xinuos. October 29, 2018, accessed May 10, 2020 (American English).
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