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To: Larry Sullivan who wrote (17515)	2/16/1998 8:37:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (3) of 24154

Interesting article, especially the choice of NT even though they're using CORBA rather than DCOM. We've heard repeatedly that MSFT boxes you into their proprietary ActiveX, DCOM, etc as soon as you buy their systems. Not unless you choose to let them, according to these happy users. Below are some choice excerpts. Note the recognition that "each Unix brand is relatively proprietary". The claims of MSFT's competitors that they are "open" and MSFT is "closed" are such a crock. I believe NT will continue to add momentum as it becomes painfully clear which platform is more easily adapted and extended. "Traditionally a VAX shop, CHX was an early adopter of NT, installing DEC 486 PCs as front ends to the VMS trading system. In the mid-1990s, however, CHX started building several Unix-based trading systems -- only to cancel them in 1996. "Each Unix brand is relatively proprietary so there's not enough competition to generate downward pressure [on costs]," Randich says. "We haven't had a [CHX] trading system failure in 12 months vs. a previous track record of three or four per year," Randich says of NT's reliability. Tell that to the platform judge, Unix."

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