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	Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution
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On 2 Jul 1996, it was written:

> In <31D87608.323F@world.std.com>, "Steven C. Den Beste"  writes:
> 
> >> The respected research organization DATAPRO has announced that UNIX
> >> purchases will increase 8% through the year 2000 while NT purchases
> >> decline over the same period.
> >> Read all about it at http://www.pcweek.com/news/0701/01eunix.html
> >> This is the death knell for NT !!!
> >
> >"The report was based on Datapro's annual user survey,
> >which this year queried 1,318 Unix users worldwide."
> >Doesn't it strike you as a slightly biased crowd?
> =========
>  
> Well, considering that the Unix crowd is a "target group" for NT 
> adoption, it is reasonable.  This survey basically says that NT is
> not going to displace Unix.    

Actually, the most receptive bunch seems to be the folks in the VMS camp.
Appearantly there are so many VMS gurus who didn't get on the Unix
Bandwagon that they are hoping to catch the "NT Wave".  I wonder if NT
will fare as well against UNIX as VMS did? :-),

> >Suppose we were to try to predict the future of OS/2 by querying 1,318
> >Win 95 users? What would you think of that result, eh?

There is one group of users who will be fanatically devoted to NT, those
who have never tried a modern version of Unix or Linux (with X11/R6).

Ignorance was once defined by a wise man as contempt prior to
investigation.  I've tried both, I prefer Linux.

Anyone who has tried both want to take their stand for NT?

Any NT advocates willing to take the Linux Challenge?  Configure Linux on
your NT box, including X11/R6.  Also include the Andrew package
(word-processing and e-mail).

I would be interested in hearing feedback.  Also from anyone who has been
using Unix on a SUN or HP who would like to tell me why they like NT
better.

> Eric Larson
> e-larso@uiuc.edu


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