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Re: Certification

To: swill41@jcpenney.com (Scott Williams)
Subject: Re: Certification
From: "Mordechai T. Abzug" <morty@sanctuary.arbutus.md.us>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:43:13 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199802201659.KAA19831@cws201.cat.jcp.com> from "Scott Williams" at Feb 20, 98 10:59:01 am
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Scott Williams spake thusly:

> The real killer of Unix will be the cost. The OS and related aps are
> just WAY too expensive, compared to the alternatives. If that aspect
> was gone, and pricing was competitive, Unix would blow NT away.
> Sales and market saturation, that is. It already has NT beat as an
> OS.

Low-cost (and *no*-cost) versions of unix are already available.
Linux and FreeBSD work on PCs, and if you need better hardware, linux
also runs on DEC Alpha, some Sparc, and even on SGI hardware.  If your
management people demand commerical software for accountability and
support, firms such as RedHat software are more than willing to charge
you.

-- 
                           Mordechai T. Abzug
mordechai@home.com    morty@sanctuary.arbutus.md.us      morty@umbc.edu
"If you can read this, thank a SysAdmin." -- Anne Brink

References:
- Certification
  - From: Scott Williams <swill41@jcpenney.com>

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