Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Sep 2005 15:51 UTC, submitted by kellym
"The amazing thing isn't that Windows beat the pants off Unix; it's that so many of the Unix companies survived until today. Linux came into the field though with two big advantages over the Unixes. The first was that it was open-source. The second advantage was it had Linus Torvalds." In other news, here you can read what various people have to say about the restructuring operation at Microsoft. 
Permalink for comment 35127
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Member since:
2005-07-06
The real reason that Linux and Windows are doing better than unix is because they run on cheap hardware.
With networking equipment and PC's becoming cheaper and more powerful it makes since to move from the expensive mainframes and mini computers to PC's. Since Linux and Windows are good enough for many server tasks and cheaper they are the way to go.