Dataquest senior analyst Kim Brown, an analyst at Gartner
Group’s Dataquest division spoke with Newsbytes on the possible
impact of Solaris on NT.
“Solaris is vastly far ahead of NT, probably years ahead.”
“It’s unbelievable, the nerve Microsoft has naming NT after the
year 2000. They’re not even going to deliver it for another year or
more. It’s pitiful the way Microsoft pre-sells its products,
unbelievable.”
“I’m excited by Linux not because I think people are going to
start asking for it. But I think there’s a potential for certain
forces in the marketplace to turn to Linux as the basic
plumbing.”
“And what hardware company stands to gain the most if the basic
OS goes to zero cost? Intel.”