From: kenney@stein.u.washington.edu (Michael Kenney) Subject: Re: Linux beoming a real choice? Date: 10 Jun 1993 17:15:27 GMT
In article <FOX.93Jun9232827@graphics.nyu.edu> fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu (David Fox) writes:
>In article <C8D1K5.73q@jti.com> richb@jti.com (Rich Braun) writes:
>
> But that doesn't say much. Unix appears to be fading in the face of
> new operating systems. If as someone else suggested in this thread
> SCO has sold < 1 million copies of its Unix products, total, then the
> number of people using SCO's products today is roughly equal to the
> number of additional people who will be starting to use Microsoft
> Windows 3.1 next month.
>
> Just to keep things in perspective.
>
> -rich
>
>This is like saying that Rolls Royce is fading in the
>face of the Ford Escort. To put things in a different
>perspective...
>
>-david
...Or like saying that Miller Brewing is going to put all the microbreweries
out of business :-).
Now that I think about it, Microsoft's lame attempt at a real operating
system (NT) is similar to Miller's attempt at a real beer (Miller Reserve
Amber ... or some such nonsense) :-) :-).