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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:8461 comp.unix.solaris:658 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.solaris Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sol.deakin.OZ.AU!fulcrum.oz.au!paulr From: paulr@fulcrum.oz.au (Paul Rosham) Subject: Re: Solaris 1.1 vs. Solaris 2.0 (BSD vs AT&T) Message-ID: <1992Dec2.060946.24293@fulcrum.oz.au> Organization: The Fulcrum Consulting Group References: <BxLz6x.EL7@cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov13.232053.7061@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> <1992Nov16.075931@eklektix.com> <id.U_0V.SJ3@ferranti.com> <22947@venera.isi.edu> <1992Nov26.114204.9783@fasttech.com> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1992 06:09:46 GMT Lines: 37 zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes: >You can bet the last dollar you have that when NT is released it will have a >high degree of support for DOS and Windows binaries. Yep. bet on late 1993. >Unless Unix matches this, then the path-of-least-resistance for DOS and >Windoze users will be NT. While I've heard a lot of marketing BS that some >versions of Unix will eventually support Windows 3.1 binaries, I've yet to >see proof. Fine, all those Windows 3.1 users will move to NT if they have hardware and apps to get them there. It will get bundled with cheap PCs, just like MS-DOG. >And until it does, Unix will be completely IRRELEVANT to Windoze users. So, what's new. 95% of Windows users can't even exploit Windows to its best advantage. >People aren't going to scrap their huge investment in DOS and Windoze programs >just to pay 10x the $$$ for inferior Unix versions of their applications. Correct! You win a cigar! They won't buy UNIX anyway. Only you will. >Finally, $Bill Gates is a very smart businessman. He may well want to kill >OS/2 so badly that he will price NT below $200. And if he does, look out. You mean he will buy the market and make a huge loss? Then how will he fund the development needed to fix bugs/implement new features/pay for the R&D already spent? Would you implement important systems on NT. Most customers are only _just_ wanting to do it on UNIX (not PC based). -PaulR.