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Article #28Re: NT vs. UNIX
From: Thayne Forbes
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:36
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 22:36
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From article <RHB59VK@mailgzrz.tu-berlin.de>, by remke@cs.tu-berlin.de (Jan K. Remke):
>
> MS Windows is a nice (un-) real time adventure, and UNIX with X is
> the REAL THING. Really, PC is the coming home computer standard, and
> the workstations (UNIX) are the PCs of tomorrow. I prefer UNIX, even
> if I have a PC, but the PC is mostly used for GAMES, because, that's
> the only thing, UNIX has a lack of. I mean GRAPHICIALY animated ones.
>
> BTW: Windows just makes it easier to switch between three or more games...
>
> --
> Jan K. Remke, Postfach 304041, W-1000 Berlin 30, Tel. auf Anfrage...
> remke@cs.tu-berlin.de / remke@nostromo.sub.org (Planet Earth sytems)
Things are obviously a lot different in Germany than they are here.
There is a preponderance of imperical evidence to suggest that nearly
all PCs are not used for games. Equally so of Windows. I will start
with the obvious sales figures of various retailers and distributors.
The last time I looked they all showed 'business' apps in ALL of the
top 10 titles (listed according to unit volume, not dollars). Sure
there are a lot of games, and PCs and Winders do tend to make nice
game machines, but that is not what is selling.
--
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
-U.S. Vice President J. Danforth Quayl[e]
Thayne Forbes
thayne@unislc.slc.unisys.com
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