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Subject: Re: What is the future for Linux?

Author: Brian Thomas

Date: 16:51:33 10/03/02

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> I don't think it's a
>coincidence that unix has been around for over three decades, that unix sys
>admins make an average of $20,000 more per year than Microsofties, or that all
>of the big businesses are using or migrating to unix or linux.

Unix is definetly solid and has a place in every big business for sure.  That
statement sounds a bit more like rhetoric than fact, though, I don't see many
places migrating to unix or linux.  Almost all big business's have many servers
-- unix, linux, NT, etc.  It depends on what department, what it's going, etc.
We use 'em all.

>I don't think linux will overtake Windows anytime in the forseeable future, but
>linux is here to stay. I also don't think it's a lock that it will never
>overtake Windows. There was a time before Microsoft when it didn't seem possible
>for a word processor to break into the market or spreadsheet programs to have a
>chance, with things like Word Perfect and Lotus. Microsoft obviously overtook
>them. Did Rome last forever? No, and neither will Microsoft. Just my opinion.

I doubt anything we "know and love" will be around in 20 years; it's a cool
industry, to be sure.



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