Re: why dial-up servers are always UNIX??

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From: Jeremy Mathers
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:00

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In article <35bc3bf5.0@ruby.hknet.com>, PJ <kyang@asiaonline.net> wrote:
>here is my question...
>We use Windows95 to dial-up our ISPs and then make an connection (PPP) to
>the UNIX server in the ISP, right?
>So, why always UNIX??  Not NT 4.0 server? Can NT handle this job? if yes,
>why not ISP use NT instead?
>
>

You don't know what you just stepped in.

Short answer: No, NT isn't good for anything.  Whatever gave you the idea
that it might be?

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From: pynq@midway.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
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Date: 1998/07/27
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