----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 10:53 AM Subject: Linux, workstations, etc. (was RE: Win 98 Registry)
> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Dan Minette > > [snip] > > > Hmm, I'd guess I would be curious to see if Linux took market share away > > from Microsoft or from other Unix. I'd argue that the shares of the > > different flavors of Unix don't matter as much as the summed Unix shares. > > The Intel-architecture *nix market was virtually nil before Linux came > along, so it is almost all market share that would have gone to Microsoft, > assuming that these customers were going to IA anyway. I understand that. But, I'm starting to form a picture, and lets see if it make sense. Most servers have been workstations, and most of those workstations have been Unix. When switching over to Intel Boxes, the folks selecting those boxes would want a comfort factor. Running a flavor of Unix would be that factor. Thus, the Linux market is those folks who've been running Unix for years on workstation servers and want to continue to run Unix for their PC servers. Do you see a flaw in this picture? Dan M.
