Unix leader (Was: SCO License security - another flame)

[Jeff Liebermann]

In article <1991May05.132304.16995 at nstar.rn.com> larry at nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
 
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>the sco sales rep calls me on a regular basis checking up on "what 
>unix have we decided to OEM" and telling me over and over that SCO is the
>industry leader.  I asked her if she was including Xenix licenses 
>in her "We have more UNIX licenses out there than all the other
>vendors combined" line - and she said she didn't know (at least
>she was honest) --

In the battle of the numbers, I quote from the SCO brosure labeled
"SCO: The Worldwide Leader in Open Systems Software Solutions"
(last page) says "In 1987, SCO shipped the first UNIX System for
80386(tm) - based microcomputers - SCO XENIX 386".  So I conclude
that SCO does NOT differentiate between Xenix 386 and Unix in
its numbers.  As secondary proof, the chart on the previous
pages show "SCO System V Unit Shipments Worldwide"
	1986	15,000
	1987	40,000
	1988	91,000
	1989	120,000
	1990	150,000
>From these numbers, and since they start before Xenix 386 shipped,
I would conclude that ANY runtime SCO ships must be included.
Even if a large percentage of these were Xenix runtimes, the
numbers are still quite impressive.  Anyone have ISC numbers?

(Not associated with SCO exept as a customer).
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