“Despite consolidation in the operating system (OS) market, talk
of … the revenge wipe-out of Unix by Windows NT and more recently
the threat to NT posed by Linux, has proved unfounded.”
“What has actually happened is that each platform has carved
itself further into its respective niche.”
“According to a report published earlier this month by US
researcher DH Brown Associates, Linux’s niche is in low-end server
applications. But there are some who think low-end is a matter of
definition.”