> Does this then mean that Linux (being technically superior in some
> respects to many major Un*xes) will be in an even better position to
> compete with big propriety OSes? I work with PH-UX (PHucking sUX), I
> would like to see something like linux instead of it.
The fact that intel's i386 chips are getting faster and multi-processor,
and that PC hardware is getting so damn cheap is also a very big factor.
It appears that this decision has been made here in people's minds
already... we have a lab full of sparc stations (used by post-grads) that
need to be upgraded. They are going to be replaced by P233mmx/128Mb boxes
running linux at a fraction of the cost of the hardware/software upgrade to
retain the sparcs. (My own PC workstation has just about as much grunt as
our ageing sparc mailserver).
Cheers .
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