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To: nommedeguerre who wrote (17444)2/13/1998 3:30:00 AM
From: damniseedemons  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 24154
 
It's not about "look-and-feel," Norm.

NT-based systems are cheaper, based on standard PC components, arguably offer better price/performance, offer better compatibility with the massive installed PC base, and offer compatibility with the zillions of available Win32 applications. Further, NT has "Microsoft" behind it, who has enough will, influence, marketing, and resources to ensure mass adoptions.

And oh yes, there is the constant reassurance that NT will be better than UNIX, someday....



To: nommedeguerre who wrote (17444)2/13/1998 9:52:00 AM
From: Justin Banks  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 24154
 
Norm -

The obvious thing to do is give Linux the Windows look-and-feel and start unloading it

I've toyed with the idea of selling pre-configured Linux boxes bundled with StarOffice or ApplixWare and running fvwm. What I think is silly is that corporate types are afraid of Linux, even though it's demonstrably more stable than MSFT products, the source is available, and it's even faster on the same hardware.

-justinb


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