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To: Charles Hughes who wrote (576)	7/22/1998 8:21:00 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

Linux is not even so much as a blip on NT's radar screen. I think you are wrong about this. Maybe. But keep in mind, there exists a coordinated marketing effort behind NT, and an objective to grow the system. I'm not sure Linux has that. Hell, ten years ago I thought Unix would push DOS out of the way at some point. Linux has nothing to offer the casual user. MSFT has made it clear they intend for NT to be the next OS of choice. I see it now in my wholesalers, who are starting to push NT4 in lieu of W98. As you get all these users piling on to NT, you can bet NT is going to be the platform of choice for most business/enterprise sites. I'd been thinking of setting up a small Liunx system in the office, just to tinker with it; then someone asked me, "what the hell you want to do that for?", and I realized I didn't have an answer. Fact is, I have a couple of small NT networks I put in a year ago that haven't so much as been rebooted. That's the kind of robustness I need (can't speak for military applications). I don't believe Linux can offer anything I can't get out of NT, and NT definitely has the edge from a marketing standpoint....