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To: GraceZ who wrote (208030)	12/5/2002 12:50:00 PM
From: cliffp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Grace, Question - Since you are knowledgeable in the area, did you mean from Solaris to Linux, or did you mean some other version of Unix to Linux, or were you just implying that there is less there than meets the eye??? <g>

To: GraceZ who wrote (208030)	12/5/2002 12:59:02 PM
From: 10K a day	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

if you comfortable with unix ... it's not a big deal to install a 39 dollar linux software on 100 boxes or 500 boxes.....if you running on c shell or korn shell..(or bourne shell)...or whatever...it's not a big deal to do it in bourne again shell....freeware is freeware....smoke and mirrors i say...i think sun will always have a niche...BWDIK....If i'm ever forced to buy another peice of MSFT software...i'll be the first to let you know....

To: GraceZ who wrote (208030)	12/5/2002 1:08:46 PM
From: Roads End	Respond to of 436258

Grace, I listened to IBM's CC and they made a big issue out of that migration from a services perspective. No numbers but it was definitely a growing piece of their business.