Performance Computing: UNIX Riot--A Scathing rebuke to Microsoft | Linux Today

Performance Computing: UNIX Riot–A Scathing rebuke to Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 30, 1998

“I believe it when Microsoft tells me Win2K is Y2K-compliant. Of
course, the way things are going, we won’t see Son of NT until
Y3K…”

“Developers have lost their patience with Microsoft’s inability
to hit deadlines…. third-party developers need revenue now, not
when Win2K eventually grinds its way to market. As a result,
development time and money that would have gone into NT
applications has been diverted to Java, UNIX, Y2K, NetWare, and
especially, Linux.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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