----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:42 AM Subject: RE: Win 98 Registry (Shortened down response to a long thread)
> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Dan Minette > > [snip] > > > Do you mean this without context? Surely the degree to which Linux is being > used for servers is impressive. And it's very impressive that even Sun has > now jumped on the Linux bandwagon. Well, IIRC, Sun did have a Unix operating system years back, didn't it? > > While I think it is quite reasonable to argue that Linux won't make a big > impact as a desktop OS for the masses (soon, anyway), it seems unreasonable > to argue that it isn't very significant on servers. > I won't argue with that. And, the people running servers tend to be folks who work on computers because compter systems are their jobs, so that fits my model. But, most networks have more desktops than servers. I have no arguement that Linux can find a server nitch. And, maybe that's a bigger market than I envision. Do you have an idea of the relative size of the server vs. desktop market? Dan M.
