IDG.AU: Risky Business | Linux Today

IDG.AU: Risky Business

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 27, 1999

“TORONTO It’s hard to think of Unix as the underdog in the
network operating system market place, and yet time and time again
that’s how it’s characterized in the trade press. With each new NOS
market study released by industry research firms such as
International Data Corp. it seems Microsoft’s Windows NT takes more
and more market share away from other NOS vendors, most notably the
Unix suppliers…”

“I can definitely envision the ability to move Solaris
applications onto Monterey and vice versa, and Linux applications
moving between both, and just mixing and matching applications from
any of those platforms. But it’s quite likely that HP-UX will be
shut out of that because of this (big-endian/little-endian)
divergence…”

“Linux Waiting in the Wings. While most of the attention
surrounding IA-64 is currently focused on what it will mean for
Unix vendors and Microsoft, there is another operating system
looking to capitalize on Intel’s next-generation commodity
hardware.”

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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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