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by **Tom Parson** » Thu, 04 Dec 1997 04:00:00

What use is software that requires a non-existent product for operation??

There is/was no 3.2.4, nor was there a OS4.x.x.

Choices (starting with SCO Unix 3.2v4.0) as returned by uname -X are:
3.2v4.0
3.2v4.1
3.2v4.2
3.2v5.0.0
3.2v5.0.2
3.2v5.0.4

Within each of those release numbers, there are other possbile identifiers,
Enterprise/Host/Internet Fast Start/Open Server Enterprise to name a few.

First you must determine the correct release, then the product within that
release.

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by **Bela Lubki** » Thu, 04 Dec 1997 04:00:00

> I have a few SCO OS5.x.x boxes and am confused by the version
> numbering system. From uname -X I get

> Release = 3.2v5.0.4

That's OpenServer Release 5.0.4; 3.2v5.0.4 is the release of the
underlying Unix kernel portion of the operating systme.

Quote:> I have some software which requires SCO UNIX version 3.2.4
> this simply means SCO OS4.x.x.

> Is this correct

Well, it's hard to say what it means. There never was a version called
"3.2.4". There were versions called "3.2v4.0", "3.2v4.1" and "3.2v4.2".
Your vendor may be referring to any or all of those versions. They may
also mean "3.2v4.0 or later".

Do you have an opportunity to try it, or are you researching before
buying the package? What package? If you *have* tried and it failed,
how did it fail? Newer releases are generally upwards compatible (they
run old stuff).

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