[SGVLUG] Linux and then SCO !

Tom Emerson osnut at pacbell.net
Mon Aug 29 08:00:09 PDT 2005


On Saturday 27 August 2005 10:10 pm, Dustin wrote:
> > Ramsin Savra wrote:
> > > Hi group,
> > >
> > > I'm asked to do maintenance on a Unix SCO machine. Honestly, I have
> > > never used it. Does anybody know what should I do? I mean is there any
> > > difference between Linux and Unix SCO?
>
> Seriously, your question is unanswerable.  It's like asking "what's the
> difference between Canada and the US"?  [...]
> the only correct answer is as vague and general as the 
> question: yes, there are differences between Linux and SCO unix.
>
> Did it help? :-)
>
> The only way to get effective help is to learn to ask good questions on a
> technical list.  In this case, what exactly you need to do on SCO is the
> most important piece of information.

And to follow on Dustin's comment about learning to ask a good question, you 
might find this link to be enlightening:

     http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


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