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Microsoft owes a lot of its success - especially at the server - to Unix. In the 1980's the unix wars had every major hardware vendor create their own proprietary version of Unix in order to stiffle competition and keep prices up. That created a window of opportunity for Microsoft to establish itself in the lower end of the market and build their server business from there. Remember that although Linux is the fastest growing server OS, Windows is *also* growing its market share. Both at the expense of the old-time Unixes, of which only a few remain. Solaris being on the losing end.
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Ironically  honeymonster | 12/16/08
Briefly  Anton Philidor | 12/16/08
Fascinating  TedKraan | 12/16/08
Where is the proof?  hamobu | 12/16/08
Linux and Tanenbaum  bklooste | 04/22/09
strange  s_souche | 12/16/08
RE: Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft  w.caelli@... | 12/16/08
oops! my mistake - fixed it - thanks!  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/16/08
RE: Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft  V@... | 12/16/08
Thanks Paul  Alan Smithie | 12/16/08
Crazy.  will hill | 12/16/08
The modern CPU is RISC pretending to be CISC.  CobraA1 | 12/16/08
have to check  s_souche | 12/16/08
You are likely correct.  CobraA1 | 12/17/08
Best Murphy article I have ever seen ...  George Mitchell | 12/16/08
Rubbish !  Alan Smithie | 12/16/08
It was MS software that made the IBM box spectacular ...  George Mitchell | 12/16/08
If you would like to read  Alan Smithie | 12/17/08
Argument is not reality  hamobu | 12/16/08
I'd like to see the index.  CobraA1 | 12/16/08
Index of economic freedom (augmented)  hamobu | 12/16/08
Consider your sources  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/16/08
Didn't you write against ad-hominem attacks not too long ago?  hamobu | 12/16/08
That would be a strawman  John L. Ries | 12/16/08
Read the subject of his post  hamobu | 12/17/08
Communism only failed against short term greed  fr0thy2 | 12/16/08
You can't run a nation on an emotion.  CobraA1 | 12/17/08
The index looks to be poor quality.  CobraA1 | 12/17/08
Perhaps you are right, but the point is...  hamobu | 12/17/08
Point is what?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/16/08
No you wouldn't get it  fr0thy2 | 12/16/08
Yet Another Quibble...  dave.leigh@... | 12/16/08
You're right on spelling, wrong on history  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/16/08
Sorry Murph, I'm more right than you. Here's why:  dave.leigh@... | 12/16/08
Wharton not my source  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/16/08
Of course I already read it...  dave.leigh@... | 12/16/08
re: the lawsuit  dave.leigh@... | 12/16/08
Yes. And No.  Anton Philidor | 12/16/08
I love the Mr. Peabody reference.  dave.leigh@... | 12/16/08
RE: Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft  myshortname | 12/16/08
You're thinking too hard.  dave.leigh@... | 12/16/08
Agreed  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/16/08
Oh THAT.  dave.leigh@... | 12/16/08
RE: Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft  tburzio | 12/16/08
In part  John L. Ries | 12/16/08
Article is a about kernel, not gnu  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/17/08
Hilarious Article  softdrat@... | 12/16/08
Optimized for x86  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/17/08
Ever heard of ARM Thumb instructions?  V@... | 12/17/08
What success are you talking about???nt  transposeIT | 12/16/08
Deleted  hamobu | 12/17/08
Lucky  doodah42 | 12/17/08
You're right  V@... | 12/18/08
Excuse me, but . . .  Rambo Tribble | 12/17/08
RE: Why Linux owes (part of) its success to Microsoft  Tobby7 | 03/21/09

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