Bill Moffitt wrote:

[some context would have helped!]

>Ian-
>
>Actually, this is precisely what I think we need to avoid. You should run the 
>OS that runs best on laptops on laptops, the OS that runs best on desktops on 
>desktops, the OS that runs best on phones on phones, and the OS that runs best 
>on servers on servers, and have the whole thing work together effectively.
>
>Whether it is technically best (or even good) or not, Windows is the de facto 
>OS for laptops - it works, people like it (in some cases a lot) and vote with 
>their wallets, and that makes it best. I have run Solaris on a laptop, and it 
>was, frankly, OK. No better. Lots of reasons, but that's the bottom line - 
>Solaris didn't make my Sony laptop better.
>
>So, instead of just replacing Windows everywhere with Solaris "and then 
>everybody will be happy," I want to just focus on replacing Windows SERVERS 
>with Solaris.
>
>  
>
I think that's what I was saying, whatever runs on the server has to
play well with managers windows laptops.

Ian
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