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To: pgerassi who wrote (69097)	1/26/2002 4:30:15 PM
From: Neil Booth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

All of the current x86 UNIX flavors There are no commercial ones left, just Linux and {Free,Open,Net}BSD. We're starting to see how free software is a better investment than commercial software, and people are starting to realise that, albeit slowly. IBM really gets it already. Neil.

To: pgerassi who wrote (69097)	1/26/2002 8:30:04 PM
From: whortso	Respond to of 275872

Re: "It took less than a year for i386s to run a 32 bit UNIX system. I was running on Xenix 386 based version within a year of its release. Thus 32 bit server and workstation apps were within 1 to 2 years after release and worked extremely well. That it took Microsoft 15 years to duplicate this feat says more about Microsoft than anything else." The 386 came out in 1986 and you were using xenix a year later, so that was 1987. You say it took Microsoft 15 years to duplicate that so you are saying Microsoft didn't come out with a 32bit OS and apps until 2002? W