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AsiaBizTech: Nikkei Computer’s annual survey on corporate customer satisfaction ranks free UNIX tops

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 3, 1999

“In terms of “comprehensive satisfaction” of PC servers by type
of operating system, the highest points were gained by machines
using the Intel version of UNIX. Although the number of responses
with this type of UNIX machine was not large (at 104), the degree
of satisfaction expressed (64 points) is a point higher than that
of the No. 2 ranked machine running Windows NT (the number of
responses for which was 1,714).”

“In the survey, no questions were asked on product names of the
Intel version of UNIX. However, it seems reasonable to assume that
many of the responses should refer to free UNIX such as Linux and
FreeBSD, because there have been few deliveries of Intel versions
of UNIX for commercial use in Japan.”


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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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