Unix not the Only Place for "Vanguard" Applications

Frankly, Unix fragmented into a bunch of pieces. Maybe it was because of the USL-Novell-AT&T-Sun-Unix International-etc. battles (I don't even recollect who was who in this battle). Maybe it was the News vs. X vs. OpenLook vs. NeXTStep vs. etc. user interface battles. Well, it looks like there will be a major Unix mainstream again with two branches capable of more-or-less running each other's binaries without too much pain: FreeBSD and Linux. In any case, I expect Windows (and Windows NT) will take an ever-increasing share of the market for at least the next several years. I'm hardly alone in this expectation. BTW, I hear Linux can now run Windows 3.1 in its DOS box. Phil