From: mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis) Subject: Re: Linux beoming a real choice? Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 18:04:42 GMT
richb@jti.com (Rich Braun) writes:
>keith@ksmith.com (Keith Smith) writes:
>>In fact SCO has more *ix out than all the other UNIX'es _combined_ ...
>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.
Fading in the face of what other operating system(s)??? (Keep in mind that
MS-"Windows" 3.1 is NOT an operating system.) Unix is more popular than ever
and gaining populartity. Look at healthcare, for example. More than 50%
of facilities use Unix to get the real work done.
And as *MANY* people have said on that comment, just because MS-"Windows" is
being packaged with clone sales does NOT mean they are using it, nor does
it mean it is as popular as the inflated numbers mean. Besides, it is my
understanding that the FTC is looking into that matter right now as unfair
trade practices (which I agree with).
>Just to keep things in perspective.
My perspective is just fine...
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