Re: Official Linux support from Digital?

[Thunderhawk Alpha <seafire ix netcom com>]

As if anybody needed any more ammo for this discussion, see:

http://www.gcn.com/gcn/1998/July13/cov2.htm

Then ask Compaq if they really want to promote NT over Unix...

At 12:56 AM 8/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Brian E.W. Wood wrote:
>
>> 
>> On 03-Aug-98 Dirk Kleinhesselink wrote:
>> > 
>> > Our company was contacted last week by Compaq inquiring if we had any
UNIX
>> > machines.  I'm the UNIX administrator and so they forwarded the call
to me.
>> > The caller wanted to send me information on a new line of NT machines
they
>> > were developing (as replacements for UNIX).  I said sure, even though
I have 
>> > no intention of abandoning UNIX for NT (god forbid !).  So maybe the
rumour 
>> > was more than a rumour ....
>> 
>> Lord help us all :-(
>
>:) Keep the faith. NT really, really stinks. Any admin with any sort of
>load on the hardware will be forced to use UNIX. NT just isn't reliable
>enough. If the admin has no experience with UNIX, they may choose NT,
>but when NT fails, they will need to search for something else. Any
>sane admin with UNIX experience will stay away from NT. 
>
>So, I think we have the advantage.. but we still need to promote UNIX.
>The main argument I always hear is that since UNIX is so old, it must
>not be up to the task for newer technology type stuff. People are used
>to MS software rolling over on itself every few years, they don't know
>what to think. We need to keep telling them that if the software is
>put together well the first time, you can expect it to stay around.
>
>UNIX is older than I am, damnit! :)
>
>Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
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