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15 pages in length. Battles have long been waged and lost throughout history, but there is nothing quite like the technological competition that is being pursued between Microsoft Windows NT and Unix systems. At the very beginning of the server war nearly two and a half years ago, Microsoft Corp. introduced Windows NT as a direct competitor of the ever-popular Unix system. Vendors that distributed Unix were amused by the so-called competition, labeling it too immature to ever establish itself in the same category. The writer discusses whether or not NT has proven itself as a viable competitor to Unix. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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healthy rivalry, there are always supporters backing each side who think their product is superior to the competition. Such is the case with the war between the two computer
servers. But statistics show that even though UNIX was supposed to have gone the way of all dinosaur computer systems when NT sent in its power pack, the truth
is UNIX has faired quite well and is anticipated to have continued growth past the turn of the century. In fact, it is proving its staying power by posting
yearly double-digit percentage increases (Shaw, 1997). Microsoft Windows NT, on the other hand, appears to have been "nibbling away" (Shaw, 1997, p. 24)
at the low end of the UNIX market. Actually, both NT and UNIX have been forced to find a way to coexist, because it looks as though both of
them are here to stay -- albeit with still a few kinks to work out of the armor -- with a loyal and devoted following in each corner.
At the very beginning of the server war nearly two and a half years ago, Microsoft Corp. introduced Windows NT as a direct competitor of
the ever-popular UNIX system. Vendors that distributed UNIX were amused by the so-called competition, labeling it "too immature" (Garner, 1996, p. 19) to ever establish itself in the same
category. They claimed there were too few applications and no development and management tools. To be sure, UNIX vendors did not expect to see NT stay around for
very long. But Microsoft executives realized all the shortcomings in their NT system long before the competition pointed them out; in fact, they actually utilized them as a selling
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