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In article <4ivie7$a1b@galaxy.ucr.edu>, jjs@taipei.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan) wrote:

> In article <dke-2203960645550001@adnline48.adnc.com>,
> David K. Every <dke@adnc.com> wrote:
> 
> >In other words MacOS is being UserDriven... Unix and NT where technology
> >(engineer) driven. Which is more in the users best interests?!?
> 
> The Free Unices, e.g. Linux, FreeBSD, etc (BTW the "free" refers
> to freedom, not pricing) are the ones that are user driven.
> Linux development is being guided on a daily basis by the input
> of the talented Linux community - in other words, it is an OS which 
> is of the users, by the users, and for the users.
> 
> Windows nt is essentially a marketing campaign by one of the wealthiest
> corporations on earth.
> 
> See any difference there?

The users of unix are usually higher ed, engineering, and vertical apps
(usually AROUND engineering or data input, etc.).... it is not the
mainstream - which is what many people think of when they think of user
driven.

So it is true that Unicies are driven by ITS users - but its users are a
bunch of bit-bashers or poindexters (no offense, I sometimes fall in those
catagories myself). As such they are getting more narrowed for THEIR
users, and less usable for users at large. 

Do not get me wrong. I can see Unix as being THE weapon of choice for data
acquisition, servers, engineers, higher-ed. Just NOT for the common man...
and every effort to bring Unix to the masses has been a raging flop, and
likely always will. (As are many of the UI's on unix).

Sadly NT is doing a better job of creating a good enough design for doing
engineering and data acquisition, serving, etc... and has a better unified
interface... and feels more consistant from variant to variant... AND has
a marketing behemoth behind it. While I doubt that will displace Unix in
higher-ed, and many labs where everyone comes from higher-ed (unless MS
starting GIVING it to them) - it does seem to make a dent in the server
market, and likely will continue to do so.
-- 
David K. Every
Sr. Software Engineer
Jostens Learning Corp.