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Re: Sun to fight MS w/ new workstations [CNN] (fwd)
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> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 00:00:09 +0100 (MET)
> Subject: Re: Sun to fight MS w/ new workstations [CNN]
> From: [email protected] (Anonymous)
> Hmm... Considering that you can buy a PC w/ Linux and have a Unix
> workstation for less than the cost of a new computer with NT, I wonder
> who Sun is really targetting here.
Corporations and businesses which feel more secure with a commercial
enterprise backing the system.
> Most of the people buying NT are the same people who bought their last
> OS from Microsoft, and don't feel like trying anything new.
There are *many* businesses which have been unix shops exclusively in the
past who are now implimenting NT based servers for a variety of reasons.
In some cases the intent is to drop the Unix boxes completely over the span
of say 5-10 years as alternate applications become available.
It's a bigger market than the home, soho, or individual corporate user at
stake.
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