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To: Mephisto who wrote (27489)	8/11/2000 4:22:09 PM
From: XBrit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

(OT) re:Solaris Wow, I haven't read a message like that since the OS Wars ended a few years back (remember OS/2?) On the other side of the coin, Microsoft offers an overwhelming de-facto standard, greater ease of use and a huge infrastructure of applications. For the general user, these factors do tip the balance towards Mr Softee I believe. Not to knock any of your stated Solaris advantages, they're all valid, and important for some roles. IMO, Solaris rightly dominates exactly the niches for which it is well-suited. Servers and engineering/technical computing.

To: Mephisto who wrote (27489)	8/11/2000 11:37:38 PM
From: OX	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

OT: nicely written mr. mephisto but if building a better mousetrap were all there is to it, everyone today would be using a unix box w/ Mac GUI instead of MS Windows. not to say Windows is better, but when it comes down to it, users want the platform w/ the most common applications and availability. no one (other than superusers) really cares if whatever-Office is technically superior to MS Office; they only care that they are data and program compatible w/ the PC's they use at the office, or that their friends, relatives or neighbors use. and traders like us don't care that institutional proprietary trading apps mostly run on unix boxes... what I care about is, does qcharts or esignal or tradestation run on Windows or Sun OS? does my brokers order entry app run on anything but Windows?