Hi all,
I'm writing about what's next for *nix for the weekly trade paper Network News. The specific brief goes like:
"We would be looking at what the Unix world is doing now that Microsoft and Intel are beginning to catch up with IA64 as well as any moves in the market - ie what flavours will survive, and what won't".
Are Microsoft really catching up? Are Sun and HP losing out to Linux? Will Linux be big on the desktop? Whatever happened to SGI? Should we all forget commercial *nixes, or do the Suns and HPs of this world still have plenty of marketplace alongside those of us with Linux on our laptops?
I'd be very interested in the group's assorted thoughts about the general future for *nix.
Cheers,
Dave Cartwright (yes, the ex-UEA/SYS one for those who remember)