Question

[Richard Kreiss]

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I'll admit to 68 and still working. 

Richard Kreiss 
GCC Consulting
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On Jul 29, 2011, at 12:55 PM, Bill Campbell <bill at celestial.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011, haroldef wrote:
>> This may have been mentioned before.  If so, I missed it.  What would be 
>> the result if Fptech were to close?
>> 
>> Seems to me, if Fptech were to close shop, I could not replace my 
>> computer with a newer one as Filepro would not function with the new 
>> computer.  What could we do to continue using Filepro?
> 
> Would not function because of licensing attached to something in
> the hardware or because of hardware/software incompatibilities?
> 
> We are running some applications that require the ability to run
> SCO OpenServer COFF binaries under Linux.  The most recent
> version of Linux I know of that does this is Caldera OpenLinux 9
> which we run in VMware virtual machines on top of CentOS 5.  We
> also have OpenServer 5.0.6a in a similar environment which is
> primarily for support of existing clients or clients who need to
> run Xenix 286 binaries.
> 
> Another question is what do you do when the last FP developer
> passes?  I think the vast majority of folks on this list are 60+
> and not getting any younger.
> 
> Bill
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