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To: damniseedemons who wrote (17465)	2/13/1998 2:19:00 PM
From: Pink Minion	Respond to of 24154

So Justin, why Solaris the dominant UNIX platform, while Linux is only popular with techies and academia? I believe the snowball is still on top of the hill. Didn't Linux past MacOS last year? Mr. B

To: damniseedemons who wrote (17465)	2/13/1998 2:24:00 PM
From: Justin Banks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Sal - Is this a rhetorical question, or are you asking for my opinion? -justinb

To: damniseedemons who wrote (17465)	2/14/1998 1:45:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Respond to of 24154

>>So Justin, why Solaris the dominant UNIX platform, while Linux is only popular with techies and academia?<<< Jeez, could it be the advertising? :-) Seriously, Sal, while I use NT for a web server, I happen to know there are more linux web servers out there than NT servers. Also, I think an OS being popular with techies and academics is a pretty good foothold in these technical days. It's true that MSFT can flummox dilbert's boss into going all-MSFT in the shop, but many a shop has paid in sorrow for that move. Just like going all-any vendor. Linux continues to grow like wildfire. Me next, along with another 95 box. Anybody know if you can dual-boot Linux and NT NTFS? I was doing that with Win95 and NT Workstation, using FAT drives, but Win95 eventually hosed up fat and trashed both Win95 and the NT system directories in the process. I would feel more comfortable with either the Linux or the NTFS file system. Chaz