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To: Chris McConnel who wrote (22632)3/19/1998 11:12:00 PM
From: paul  Read Replies (1) of 97611
 
Unix is Open in the sense that most commercial versions of Unix are based on software in the public domain - Sun, IBM, HP, SCO all sell modified versions of Unix but they are not very different - for example Oracle ports their database software to dozens of variations of Unix with relative ease - Unix was the first major shift to OS based platforms - i.e Write to an OS vs. write to a HW Platform like VMS, MVS, etc.

NT on the other hand is closed and controlled by one Company - Microsoft - it is based on Microsoft's hidden API's and agenda to dominate the software industry via a monopoly which is becoming well understood by the public. It didnt work for IBM and it wont work for Microsoft - question is will Compaq show some backbone and seek a path as a technology vendor rather than a Microsoft reseller furthering only Microsoft's goals.
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