Is Unix dying--or even dead?

[phelix at vallnet.com]

On 19 Dec 1997 05:59:43 -0600, "S. M. Halloran" <mitch at duzen.com.tr> wrote:

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>>From Edupage, 18 December 1997:
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>TACTICAL SHIFT BY WORKSTATION COMPANIES
>Silicon Graphics Inc.'s plan to allow SGI graphics software to run on
>Microsoft's Windows NT operating system provides new evidence that a
>growing number of companies are giving up on Unix and instead
>standardizing on Windows NT.  SGI hopes to be able to use its
>experience in developing high-end graphics software without having to
>spend a great deal of time building the underlying technology
>represented by an operating system. (Washington Post  17 Dec 97)
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Does this mean that Unix is dying?
No, it means that graphics professionals are buying Wintel boxes instead of
SGI's expensive workstations. ( a shame really, SGI make some damn nice
workstations, but that pesky price/performance ratio is pushing people into
high end Wintel boxes)

-- Phelix