Unix Vendors Get Creative Against Windows & Linux

coondoggie writes "As x86 servers become increasingly capable, IT managers are taking a closer look at their Unix installations to determine whether a move to Linux or Windows might make sense, analysts say. "The defensible hill for Unix is the big, vertically scaling, mission-critical application, which is usually some type of database serving," says Andrew Butler, a vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. "But increasingly, the appeal of Windows- and Linux-based systems running on cheaper, commodity hardware is becoming more and more compelling.""

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[jimicus]

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[drinkypoo]

I just want to explicitly state that the main paragraph in my comment above was copied from the URL. I wrapped it in tags, forgetting that slashdot doesn't permit them for some reason. But then the

behavior that drops all text styles is fucking retarded too... What's happened to slashdot's CSS? It's utterly nonsensical. Anyway, just please note that while it was not blockquoted nor placed in quotes, it's not my text. Thank you.