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To: Richard S who wrote (6869)	4/9/1998 11:41:00 AM
From: MrJoltCola	Respond to of 19080

"Which version of UNIX are you using? If you want to know what will happen to UNIX take a look at the stock of SCO UNIX (SCOC) and then you see UNIX end just like COBOL." SCO has been dying for the last couple of years, but flavors such as Solaris, HPUX and Digital UNIX are just getting stronger. I don't see UNIX dying from where I stand. One of the main reasons SCO is dying is Linux, btw. You can't compare COBOL to UNIX, or at least if you do I'd like to see you make a good argument. COBOL was targetted for a specific use and while the religous following tried to take it other places, eventually better things arrived. UNIX is different, like C, developers who need total power at their fingertips love it, regardless of what Bill Gates will have you believe. I wonder, their are tens of thousands of people involved in freeware projects like FreeBSD and Linux, but I see no interest in a freeware NT clone. Could it be (1) the M$ masses are too fat, dumb and happy to admit to NT's weaknesses and would rather go on paying for the promised land that never arrives, or could it be (2) there is not enough information and the APIs aren't open enough for anyone to MAKE a clone. I'd say a little of both. I saw the same type of argument 4 years ago, and guess what? NT still hasn't delivered the stability needed for mission critical servers and UNIX continues to evolve and grow. If you are going to make these arguments, tell me why you think NT is a better server platform than UNIX? I'd be happy to debate specific points, and hopefully how they relate to ORCL ;).