Re: [tlug] Linux, Solaris & AIX

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@??>]

mike miller B-\) writes:

 > One of the major "problems" within UNIX itself is the major
 > differences between the variants which is one of the reasons
 > Windows gained a large share of the server market.

I agree that differences between UNIX variants was a major obstacle to
adoption, but they are generally quite interoperable over the network;
after all, TCP/IP achieved World Domination when Linus was in diapers,
and Berkeley sockets are part of POSIX.

The reason that Windows gained share in the server market is that
Windows built-in services (specifically file and printer sharing) were
generally incompatible with everything except Windows.  Since Windows
machines were the obvious cost-effective solution for the business
desktop, that implied using Windows servers.

That's why Samba is so important.