Alomex,
Your right about NT taking off.
However, not everyone is happy with the system. Our guy at UCLA has our system running relatively smoothly. But even then when I use the system I reboot regularly, if I don't I get the inevitable 'out of memory' response. I get that message even when I'sm only running a text editor on a computer with 256M of Ram. This could be due to software memory leakage and or NT.
My girlpal works at a huge aerospace company in Long Beach. Her divisions experience has been different. She says their NT system crashes several times DAILY. This has been going on for a year. It drives them all nuts. Imagine how their customers feel. They call up and can't fill an order because "computer is down". Several times a day! Imagine how the white shirts view this. They are paying millions a year for people who are sitting around doing nothing because the server is down. This administrator is in big trouble for recommending NT over UNIX.
These are the types of companies Rhapsody will make its initial inroads in. Remember it will run on Intel machines. Additionally, there is still a large installed base of engineers and designers who love and use Macs at work. These types are real loyal and know their hardware/software.
The latest issue of NASA's 'Tech Briefs' (magazine) has a Mac on the cover.
In the Hollywood Imaging community the buzz is that they tried NT, it didn't work and now no one is using it seriously anymore. This suprised me. Titanic was made using Digital Alphas mostly, probably running UNIX. Of course the High end stuff is still done on SGIs.
Most Hollywood people us Macs at home, and use SGIs at work because they have to. Rhapsody has a chance here also. All it will take is for one important vendor of high end software to port. There are several, Quantel, Wavefront, 3D Studio Max. Lightwave has already ported but is not quite important to lure the rest. (Wintels are of course used in their accounting and sales divisions.)
Doren |
