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dagon@chinook.halcyon.com (Mark Rafn) writes:

>Mark Davis <mark@taylor.infi.net> wrote:
>>3) There was never a marketing ploy.  It was NEVER marketed or advertised as
>>   just "4.2"  it was either "5.3.2.4.2" or "3.2.4.2" or "SCO version 4.2";
>>   never "Unix system V release 4.2".

>I haven't seen any marketing ploy recently, but when 3.2v4.0 came out, I
>got marketing literature that referred to it as "SCO Unix Version 4".
>There was also a huge "Version 4" sticker on the box.

>Until I installed it, I thought there was a (small) chance it was SVR4-based,
>and I was worried how much existing code would break.  I remain
>convinced that the SCO marketing folk were trying to decieve prospective
>customers that it was SVR4.

I agree it was strange, but without saying "Release 4" or "Release 4.2",
they technically did not say anything wrong.

I thought we went through this thread in biz.sco.general a long time ago
and had some type of resolution/conclusion.  But I can't remember all
of the results, hence my crossposting it to biz.sco.general for additional
feedback.
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